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Page Proceedings for January, 1885 ie ave 1—14 Ditto February ,, (including Annual Report) ... 15—44 Ditto March 5 7 Ane » 45—60 Ditto April A Ses ave 61—68 Ditto May es P . 69—80 Ditto June ie ie ; . 81—90 Ditto July ? ove ww» 91—102 Ditto August _,, a .. 103—124 Ditto November ,, vs we» 125—150 Ditto December ,, .» 151—163 List of Members of the Asiatic Socisiee on the 31st December 1884. (Appendix to Proceedings for February) i—xvi Abstract Statements of Receipts and Disbursements of ite Asiatic Society of Bengal for the year 1884. (Appendix to Proceedings for February) ... nee es XVI—Xx LIST OF PLATES. I. Ancient Copper Coins of Kashmir (p. 4). II. Facsimile of a copper plate inscrintion from Dacca (p. 51). III, 100 Gold Mohur Piece of Aurangzib (p. 52). re ii : si f ; : . nis ne Ph ee j ith ig ewer aes me ri lite wt atte es re Cae : if ule, Bee a ai ousrh aks siesta! kN a fn vint yr ie ae sx: Sais % ganna & ht Pe RNR TREC: a tedara7owt tsk ral ee « 46 se qetnenagth 4448 . ahdiice. Warhy. wbktas okt te ante eA Cotntwhyit- ist tinihyasdd® ot xifieongay alt te wiuateaet rhe - fe Iki Monet ba: slrscentallh 4 as Bere A} Rios ‘eee wily nat lays ante fh ehrigoe ai oe is ax Cesapih aot ae * = ir}. ’ *3 4 4 - oan FR = . ‘ ‘ " ¥ . - ‘ ‘ par ae qo Tats “ith ay vial EM RAO Auyo®) foman y pant iol neuron ods iC sog4Q9 To olieha 2 ALS. .ch liane tos Sit ‘nilotk Hind Og nie a, 4) gt tl lg Bn, split Ad My yatta, *~ Mf r hn eT ‘ P , ° ave \ vray CO iL Lecrineei aay) = ISO E sas Bi, 3 * ona eer oda ch ee - . fen pid oniby hia) a PROCEEDINGS OF THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, for JANUARY, 1885. Va Sa S——- The Monthly General Meeting of the Asiatic Society of Bengal was held on Wednesday, the 7th January, 1885, at 9 P. m. The Hon’ble J. Gipss, Vice-President, in the Chair. The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. Fourteen presentations were announced, as mentioned in the appended Library List. The following gentlemen proposed and seconded at the last meeting were ballotted for and elected Ordinary Members : 1. A. H. Staley, Hsq., C. S. 2. TT. F. Bignold, Esq., C. 8S. 3. Colonel G. C. De Prée, S. C. The following gentlemen are candidates for election at the next meeting :— 1. J. W. Oliver, Esq., proposed by H. F. Blanford, Esq., F. R. S., seconded by the Hon. J. Gibbs, C. 8. 1., C. I. E. 2. Babu Haraprasada Sastri, M. A., proposed by Babu P. O. Ghosha, B. A., seconded by Dr. R. L. Mitra, C. I. HE. 3. Pandit Mahes Chandra Nyayaratna, proposed by Dr. A. F. R. Hoernle, seconded by Babu P. C. Ghosha, B. A. 4. Raja Surya Kumar Chandra, Bahadur, Mymensing, proposed by Dr. R. L. Mitra, C. I. E., seconded by Babu P. C. Ghosha, B. A. The Srcretary reported that he had appointed Mr. J. F. Du- plessis, Assistant Secretary, vice Mr. Bion, resigned. 2 Remarks on two silver pieces. [Jan., The following gentlemen have intimated their desire to withdraw from the Society : 1. 8.8. Jones, Esq., C. 8S. 2. EH. H. Man, Esq. The PuitoLocicaL Secretary reported that he had received several letters regarding the silver pieces belonging to Col. Clerk and exhibited. at the August meeting of the Society, (see Proceedings for August, pp. 127, 128). It would be remembered, that both pieces bore inscrip- tions, which at, that time no one had been able to decipher, though the general opinion seemed to be that they were in rude Greek or Pali characters. He had now much pleasure in informing the meeting, that with regard to one of the pieces—the narrow oblong one, ornamented with a ram’s head, and figured on page 128 of the Proceedings for August—the mystery appears to have been solved by Mr. Beames, who first pointed out that they are evidently Semitic, and in particular some form of Aramaic. The subjoined extract from his letter, dated 18th November last, explains his view :— “JT have just received the August number of the Proceedings, re- garding the coins sent by Col. Clerk figured on pp. 127, 128. I note that no one can as yet read the inscriptions, owing, I suppose, to their having only thought of Greek or Pah, It has apparently escaped notice that the characters are clearly Semitic, some form of Aramaic or Himyaritic, they do not quite agree with any form that I have seen, though I have compared them with a good many of the inscriptions figured in the Zeitschrift d. D. M. G, Those on the oblong block figured at the top of p. 128 of the Proceedings (which is probably an amulet to be worn round the neck) agree pretty closely with several of the inscriptions in Vol. XXIV of the Zeitschrift, and may almost be called Palmyrene. T read the letters NAT i. e., from right to left w, kh, d, b, a. From the word beginning with } one would conjecture (if the language is also Semitic) that it was a continuation of a sentence running along all four faces of the amulet. Butas of course you know Hazvaresh and Pahlavi were written in Semitic characters, so the word may be Persian. I cannot make out the letters on the coin quite satisfactorily though I distinguish 4 several times, also 9 and}; one is tempted to read the word on the left hand side of the reverse as 909 Aayov sugges- tive of the Ptolemies, but this is mere conjecture. I have no claim to much practice in reading coins, but perhaps this hint may be of use to experts in such matters.” The PHILOLOGICAL SECRETARY then stated that he communicated Mr, Beames’ letter to Colonel W. F. Prideaux, whose intimacy with Semitic inscriptions was well-known} and he would now read his reply, from 1885. ] Remarks on two silver pieces. 3 which it would be seen that he fully confirmed Mr. Beames’ discovery though he modified the reading, originally suggested, in a few particulars, the result being, that the piece of silver was shown to bear the name of Tiridates, or some similar name. The following was Col. Prideaux’s letter, dated 29th November, 1884 :— ““T am very sorry that I can give no decided opinion on the inscrip- tions published in the August No. of the Proceedings. The characters do not exactly resemble any with which I am acquainted. Only one thing I can predicate with certainty: they are not Himyaritic. There is a certain “ cachet ” in Himyaritic epigraphy which can be detected at ‘a glance by a practised eye. I quite agree with Mr. Beames that the characters are Semitic: they are, as he says, some form of Aramaic. They are, however, much earlier than the Palmyrene character, and I should be inclined to style them proto-Pahlavi, as they resemble to a certain extent the characters employed on the early Persic (sub-Par- thian) coins of Fars, which were commented on by Levy some years ago in the Zeitschrift d. D. M. G. (Vol. XXI., p. 421). I don’t think the first letter on the amulet is a ) (waw)—it is more like an archaic (tet). The second letter is pretty clearly M (cheth), the next 1 (resh) the next T (daleth), and the last NN (taw). This would make T-kh-r-d-t (Takhurdat), which might possibly be a provincial form of the name known to the Greeks as Tiridates. At any rate the termination “ dat,” about which there can be scarcely any doubt, implies a Persic name. “‘T don’t think the square piece isa coin. It is more probably an amulet or ornament. It would be labour thrown away to endeavour to interpret the inscription without seeing the original.” In a subsequently received letter, dated 12th December, 1884, Col. Prideaux added : “T must confess my inability to make anything of this coin, or amulet, or whatever itis. The characters are of a different type from those on the smaller piece of silver and may be a rude imitation of Greek. I don’t think it is a coin, and I have some doubts of its genuine- ness altogether. ““The smaller piece seems all right and the inscription is doubtless @ man’s name, ending in “dat.” Icannot hit on anything more likely than what I suggested the other day, but there are of course difficulties in the way of accepting my reading.” The CHairman said: Colonel Clerk had sent the two pieces to him at Simla, and he came to the conclusion that they were spurious, and made most probably at Rawal Pindi, for they were composed of a mixture of metals, and bore traces of having been cast in sand moulds. There are some persons not far from that station who manufacture all kinds of coins and curiosities. 4 Col. Prideaux— Remarks on Candahar Coins. [Jan., The following letter from Colonel Prideaux was also read by Dr. Hoernle :— ? ‘“‘ T was much interested in reading Mr. Rodgers’s Paper in the April No. of the Proceedings on “‘ Some coins from Candahar,” and especially in his remarks on the new and hitherto unknown coins of Sistan. Iam, however, sceptical with regard to his King Hardufi, or Harufi. One can trust very little to representations of coins which are drawn by hand, but the inscription on his No. 21 (obverse) seems to me to be Taju-’d-Din Harb bin Muhammad. What Mr. Rodgers reads as “ Har- dufi,” I read as “ Harb bin,” and I should be disposed to ascribe it to the historical Harb of coin No. 20. This was the King who reigned 60 years, so Khadim Ali says, and was a contemporary of Chengiz Khan and the Khalifa En Nasir-ed-din-ullah. As for the mysterious word which reads as ws) according to Mr. Rodgers, of course there was @ Syriac month called Qantn, but at the same time the word on Mr. Rodgers’s drawing of the coin might be read fifty ways.” The PuiLoLoeicaL Secretary exhibited 60 copper coins sent by Mr. H. Rivett-Carnac for exhibition to the Society, and read the following extract from the letter accompanying them: “I send for the inspection of the Society copper coins obtained from the Panjab, which appear to be of rare, if not of unknown, types. Many of them approach those figured in the Ariana Antiqua and in Prinsep’s Indian Antiquities as Indo-— Sassanian coins. Others again bear a distinct impression of the Bull with inscription. The variety is considerable, but as I have not had time to examine them carefully, I think it well to send them without delay to the Society to whom the types may possibly be well known. It may be noted that some of the coins seem to have been stamped twice over,—the bull above some former design.” Dr. Rupotr Horrniz stated that he had examined them carefully and found that they all appeared to be Kashmir coins of various dates and types. They consisted of the following kinds: No. l. Fifteen specimens. Plate I, fies. 1—4. Obv. Head or bust of king, facing right with fillet behind, after the fashion of Sassanian coins (see Ariana Antiqua, Plates XVI and XVII). In front of face, along the margin, legend in later Gupta characters, 4} fafecqra Sri Mihirakula, or (on two specimens) 3 fateura Sri Mihiragula. Rev. The circular area divided by a straight line in two unequal parts. In the upper and larger portion, standing on the line, a bull walking, to the right, towards what looks like a low trident set up on the line, in front of him. Above his hind-quarters a crescent. In the lower, smaller part of the area, a legend in later Gupta characters: wyq #4 jayatu vrisha, Proceedings, AS, Soc, Bengal, 1685. PLATEI. Reverses. %) ce) ”. oH Oo = rQ Oo Survey of India Offices, Calcutta, May 1885 Photo-Collotype. ANCIENT COPPER COINS or KASHMIR. o 1885. } Dr. Rudolf Hoernle—Remarks on Kashmiri coins. 5 ‘may the bull be victorious.’ Circular dotted margins on both sides. Most of these coins are in fair preservation ; several showing distinctly the whole legend. No. 2. Two specimens. Plate I, fig.5. A variety of No. 2, the crescent on Rev. replaced by a y-shaped symbol, and the trident staff is wanting. Moreover on one of them the bull is represented in the attitude of running or jumping. The dots on both coins are much smaller; the name is spelt Mihiragula, and the letter # m is formed peculiarly, being hardly distinguishable from a ¥ p. No. 3. One specimen. Another variety of No.2. On the obv. the legend is placed below the head; while the space in front of the face is occupied by a symbol resembling monogram No. 163 of the Ariana Antiqua, as on figs. 9 and 10 of Plate XVI of that work. No. 4. One specimen. A third variety of No. 2. On rev. the dividing line is wanting, the area being occupied by the bull, and above him, along the dotted margin, is placed the legend jayatu vrisha. The characters on this specimen are of an older type, being angular. No. 5. Six specimens. Plate I, figs.6,7. Obv., King’s head or bust, facing right with fillet behind, as on No. 1. In front of face, a symbol, resembling an angular shaped 9, which, if it be a graphic sign, may be read as bra or pra. Rev., Circular area, divided into two halves by a straight line ; in the upper half a wheel within a circle of dots ; in the lower half, the two letters ai< tora, in large bold Gupta characters of a late type. Circular dotted margins on both sides. No. 6. Fourteen specimens. Plate I, figs. 8,9. Obv., Head or bust of king, with fillet behind; in front of face, monogram No. 163 of the Ariana Antiqua, as on figs. 9 and 10 of Plate XVI, and on fig. 20 of Plate XVII. fev., figure of running bull, with turned-up tail, facing to the left. Dotted margins on both sides, but no legends. Most of these are very poor specimens. No. 7. Eleven specimens. Plate I, figs. 10,11. Variety of No. 6; the only difference being that the bull faces to the right. No. 8. One specimen. Plate I, fig. 12. Another variety of No.6; the only difference being, that instead of the monogram there is an inscription, consisting of the letter ¥ ha, and after it perhaps < ra. No. 9. One specimen. Plate I, fig. 138. Obv., Head or bust of king, facing left, with crescent surmounting the forehead, and a trident and fillet in front of it; somewhat resembling fig. 20 on Plate XVI in the Ariana Antiqua. Rev., Standing bull, facing left, towards what looks like a crude fire altar ; above distinctly the letters WR rudra. No. 10. One specimen. Plate I, fig. 14. Obv., Crude standing figure of king, facing to the front, with left arm akimbo, its right resting on a 6 Dr. Rudolf Hoernle—Remarks on Kashmiri Coins. [Jan., spear or staff ; somewhat resembling the figure on the later Indo-Scythian coins. Stev., Wheel as in No. 5, with some large marks looking like letters (perhaps @1f¥ bodhz). Besides there are seven coins in the collection, which are too badly preserved to allow of being identified, but they probably belong to © Nos. 6 and 7. One of the most curious circumstances about these coins is, that as already noticed by Mr. Rivett-Carnac, some of them are double struck. Nearly all these double struck specimens occur in Nos. 1 and 5. In the former there are 6 out of 15; in the latter 4 out of 6. One only occurs in each of Nos. 6, 7 and 8. In the case of those occurring on No. 1, the emblems of No. 5 appear to be superimposed on those of No. 1, in the following way: in three specimens (PI. I, fig. 3) the rev. of No. 5 (with tora and wheel) is placed over the obv. of No. 1 (head), while its obv. (head) is over the rev. of No. 1 (bull). In the other three specimens (Pl. I, fig. 4) the obv. of No. 1 (head) is more or less preserved to do duty for the obv. of No. 5 (head), while on the rev. the emblems of No. 5 (tora and wheel) are superimposed on the emblem of No.1 (bull). On one specimen the emblems of No. 1 seem to be superimposed on those of No. 5, but this, being an exceptional case, may be an illusion. In the case of the double struck specimens occurring on No. 5, the emblems appear to be the same (PI. I, fig. 7) ; it seems as if two consecutive attempts were made to strike the same emblems (obv. head, rev. tora and wheel) on a piece of copper, the first having been unsuccessful. In the double struck specimen of No. 6 (Pl. I, fig. 9), the obv. of No. 6 (head) is placed over the rev. of No. 1 (bull and inscription) of which only a small portion of the inscription (viz. 4 ya) is still visible; while the rev. of No. 6 (running bull) is placed on the obv. of No.1. In the double struck specimen of No. 7 (Pl. I, fig. 11), the obv. of No. 7 (head and monogram) is placed over the rev. of No. 5 (tora and wheel), while the rev. of No. 7 (running bull) is over the obv. of No. 5 (head). In the double struck specimen of No. 8, again, the obv. of No. 8 (head with hara) is placed over the rev. of No. 1 (bull) which has entirely disappeared; while the rev. of No. 8 (running bull) is placed over the obv. of No. 1 (head with inscription) of which only a small portion of the inscription (viz., ata 91% M) is still dis- tinctly visible. From these facts the historical sequence of the coins would appear to be that No. 1 comes first, then Nos. 5, 6 and 7 as contempo- raries. This agrees with the notices contained in the Rdjatarangint. According to that work there was a Kashmirian King, called Mihirakula (perhaps in the 7th century A. D.), and after a long interval (perhaps of 200 years) a king Pravarasena I. The latter had two sons, Hiranya and Toramina, of whom the latter rebelled against his brother and 1885. | W. Theobald—Symbols on Gupta Coins. 7 coined money. It is recorded of him that “‘he forbade the use of the coin struck by king Bala and largely circulated the dinaras coined by himself”? (see J. C. Dutt’s Translation, p. 38). Now the coins No. 1 are clearly those of Mihirakula. About him it is said that he was de- feated by Baladitya. The coins No. 5, with tora on them, may be ascribed to Toramana, and the notice that “‘ he forbade the coins of king Bala” may be a reminiscence of the fact that he re-struck the coins of Mihira- kula, as shown by the present collection. In favour of the ascription of the tora coins to Toramana, it may be mentionod, that in the Society’s collection there is a copper-coin closely resembling the present ones, which prefixes 4 sri to tora (ata1<). If this is correct, the letters ¥ pra on the obv. may perhaps be read as an abbreviation of Pravarasena, the name of his father. Further the coin No. 8, with Ha or Hara on it, may be ascribed to Toramana’s elder brother Hiranya; and since No. 8 is only a variety of the anonymous coins Nos. 6 and 7, it is pro- bable that all the coins, Nos. 6—8, are those of Hiranya. It would seem (so far as one may allowed to judge from the evidence of the present col- lection,) that till the time of the two brothers Hiranya and Toramana, the money of Mihirakula still formed the common currency of the country; and that Hiranya sparingly, but Toramana more extensively, began to supersede it by re-striking the pieces with their own emblems. Mr. Fiert remarked that the coins were Kashmiri coins, and that, according to all historians, Toramana succeeded Mihirakula. The latter came from the North West and established his kingdom in the Panjab. He attempted to destroy Buddhism, but was defeated by Baladitya, and after several vicissitudes gained possession of Kashmir. The former came long afterwards and was imprisoned for issuing coins without authority. He died immediately after being delivered from prison. The following paper was read :— On certain Symbols or devices on the Gold Coins of the Guptas.—By W. Tueopatp, M. N.S. L. (Abstract. The author refers to Mr. V. A. Smith’s paper on the Gupta coinage, published in the Society’s Journal, Part I of 1884, and offers what he believes to be not only a new, but perhaps a more correct, interpretation of three of the symbols which occur on the Gupta coins. These are, the “fillet” (or ‘‘noose’”’), the ‘‘cornucopize” and the “footstool.” Mr. Theobald contrasts these symbols with similar ones which occur on Bactrian, Indo-Scythian and other coins, and arrives at the conclusion, that on the Indian coins they clearly represent peculiarly Indian ideas, wholly different from those which they admittedly repre- 8 F. Chambers—Reply to Criticisms. [ JAN. sent on the Grecian or semi-Grecian ones. Thus the “fillet” or ‘‘ noose ” he considers to be ‘‘of ambiguous import, and that it represents indif- ferently the ‘noose’ of Siva, when borne by a goddess, whom we have reasons for regarding as his Sakti; or when it is borne by a goddess presumably identified with Lakshmi, it is then a feminine symbol analo- gous to the ‘Sistrum’ of Isis; and that it is by collateral indications only that it can be decided in which sense, in each case, this symbol is to be construed.” Regarding the ‘‘ cornucopie,” the author thinks that it differs considerably from the types of that symbol on the Indo-Scythian coins, the main difference being a number of equidistant dots set on a convex line, by which the cornucopi# is closed above; and that this difference is too constant and circumstantial to be the result either of accident or inferior execution. Hence, he considers it to represent the well-known object of Hindi symbolical worship, the Snake or polyce- phalic Nag, the heads of which are indicated by the dots. The so-called “‘ footstool’ Mr. Theobald considers to be but another representation of the Nag, a fold of which is represented as encircling the solid earth. The only point which puzzles him is how this obvious interpretation of the three symbols has hitherto escaped the notice of the far abler antiquaries than himself, who have studied these coins. This paper will be published in full in Journal, Part I. The following note from Mr. F. Chambers, in reply to the criticism by Mr. H. F. Blanford on his paper read at the November meeting, was read. The greater part of my paper is devoted to proving that barometric depressions travel from the western frontier of India across Sind to Rajputana, and I purposely avoided dealing with their motion from Rajputana eastward, because that is the point about which there is no dispute. If it be admitted that I have proved my case, the contention that these disturbances originated in western Rajputana must be abandoned. Both propositions cannot be correct, for a disturbance cannot originate in Rajputana and also travel thither from the western frontier of India. Thus far with respect to the facts brought forward by me! I now turn to the evidence adduced in Mr. Blanford’s paper (page 7, Part II, No. lof the Journal for 1884) in support of his conclusion “that in most cases, if not in all, these disturbances originate in India.” With regard to those which are supposed to have originated in western Rajputana, I find the date is given of but one case, that of the 25th January 1878. This instance is now claimed as an exception to the general rule of eastward motion, but I find that a minimum of pressure occurred at Kurrachee on the 25th, at Deesa on the 26th, and at Indore on the 27th, clearly indicating the usual eastward movement from some 1885. | I’, Chambers—fReply to Criticisms. 3 region to the westward of Kurrachee. Other instances are mentioned of disturbances having originated in western Rajputana in January> February and March 1881, but the dates are not given and I am unable to identify them. With regard to those disturbances which are sup- posed to have originated in other parts of India, I must point out that the case given as having occurred on the 10th to 13th January 1878, which is said to have just appeared on the western half of the Deccan plateau, really appeared first at Bhuj and Raykot on the 9th January, and afterwards moved eastwards in accordance with the usual rule, Similarly, the case of the 10th February 1879, which is supposed to have originated in the heart of India, was really preceded on the 9th February by a minimum of pressure in western India, and followed on the llth and 12th by a minimum in Bengal. It must therefore have originated farther to the westward than the position assigned to it. Again, in the case of the 15th to 18th February 1880, which is said to have been just established in the Central Provinces, there is decided evidence, in the chart for the 14th February 1880, published in the Report on the Meteorology of India for that year, to prove that the disturbance really entered India from the Bombay Coast. I maintain, therefore, that Mr. Blanford has not brought forward a single undoubted instance of the origin of a winter cyclonic disturbance in India. In every case there is evidence to show that the disturbance entered India from the westward. What then becomes of the theory devised to explain their origin in India ? The further question now arises, did these disturbances originate on the western borders of India, or did they come from regions farther to the west? As I said in my note, this is a matter which cannot be finally decided without observations from those regions, but having traced the barometic depressions from the western confines of India into the inte- rior, the latter alternative seems to me by far the more probable of the two. I cannot on this occasion follow Mr. Blanford into the long discus- sion, in which he endeavours to show that one of the Indian storm tracks published at Washington is unworthy of confidence. I grant that every well ascertained case of a breach of continuity in the path of a storm affords an argument against the application of the principle of continuity to connect storm centres which are far apart ; but, on the other hand, every well-observed case of a long and continuous storm path—and there are hundreds, perhaps thousands, of such cases on record—affords an argu- ment in favour of the application of the principle. The contention amounts then to this, that even if the two cases of supposed discontinu- ity, to which Mr. Blanford refers, be accepted as such, the fact still 10 F. Chambers—Reply to Criticisms. [ JAN., remains that there is some probability in favour of the track laid down in the American Chart for February 1878, and certainty is not claimed for it either by myself or the Chartographer. There is this to be said, however, in favour of the American charts of Indian storm tracks, that, with all their want of accuracy of detail, they are the publications which, as faras Tam aware, first brought to light the fact of the eastward motion of the winter storms of Northern India, a fact which later in- vestigation has fully confirmed. I cannot admit, however, that the storm of the llth to 13th November 1881 affords clear evidence of a breach of the continuity of a storm track, and the assertion that the storm of the llth to 13th July 1881 was independent of that of the 2nd to 6th July requires proof. All the facts of the November case seem to me to accord far better with the simpler supposition, that the opposing friction of the land surface merely produced a temporary di- minution of the intensity of the storm; and the July instance may possibly be one of the same kind. It is clear that the latter storm did not originate in Gujarat, but ‘travelled from the Malwa plateau into Cutch and Lower Sind, increasing in intensity as it passed into the plain below, and onward towards the Arabian Sea. In both the above cases Mr. Blanford appears to me to have mistaken the rapid develop- ment of a feeble cyclone, previously in existence, for the birth of a new and independent vortex. The distinction may appear to be of little consequence, but it has a very important bearing on the administration of the Bombay storm warning service. The fact, that this question is one on which widely different opinions are held, is-a proof that further discussion is needed, but to deal with the matter satisfactorily would require the whole of a separate paper, and I must now defer the further consideration of it. With regard to Mr. Ehot’s remarks, I would merely point out that the side issue mentioned in my note had reference to the original ques- tion, raised in my letter to ‘“‘ Nature,” as to whether the winter rains were to be ascribed to cyclonic disturbances or to the upper anti-monsoon current. It did not refer to the question as to where the winter storms originate. The latter question is obviously a side issue of the former, but I quite agree with Mr. Eliot in regarding it as a legitimate subject for further inquiry, although it may be of secondary importance to the investigation of the conditions, which give rise to the continued exis- tence and eastward motion of the winter cyclones. One practical con- clusion from the whole discussion seems to me to be that more informa- tion is required from regions to the westward of India. Waiting for this information, however, can hardly be considered the best way of obtaining it. LN LOVIN NI OL OWOLIOWDFI OPED OOS 1885. ] Inbrary. 1] ph BRARY, The following additions have been made to the Library since the meeting held in December last. J RANSACTIONS, PROCEEDINGS AND pPOURNALS, presented by the respective Societies and Editors. Baltimore. American Chemical Journal,—Vol. VI, No. 4, November, 1884. Birmingham. Birmingham Philosophical Society,—Proceedings, Vol. fy Part Tl. . Bombay. Indian Antiquary,—Vol. XIII, Parts 161—163, October and November, 1884. Bordeaux. Société de Géographie Commerciale,—Bulletin, Vol. VII, (series IT), No. 22. Buenos Aires. Academia Nacional de Ciencias,—Boletin, Vol. VI, Parts 2 and 3. Calcutta. Asiatic Researches (Popular Edition),—Vol. I, No. 4. -. Geological Survey of India,—Memoirs, Paleontologia Indica, Vol. I (Series XIII), Part 4. ——. Records, Vols. XVII, Part 4; XXI, Parts 1 and 2. Original Meteorological Observations,—May, 1884. Cambridge. American Philological Association,—Transactions, Vol. XIV. : The Hague. Koninklijk Instituut Taal-Land en Volkenkunde van Ne- derlandsch—Judié,—Bijdragen, Vol. VIII, No. 3. Ithaca. The Library of Cornell University,—Vol. I, No. 10. Lahore. Anjuman-i-Punjab,—Journal (English Section), Vol. IV, Nos. 48—53. London. Academy,—Nos. 654—658. -. Athenzum,—Nos. 2977-—2981. -. Nature,—Vol. XX XI, Nos. 785—789. -. Royal Asiatic Society,—Journal, Vol. XVI (new Series), Part 4, October, 1884. -. Royal Astronomical Society,—Monthly Notices, Vol. XLIV, Bo. 9. ——-—. Royal Geographical Society,—Proceedings, Vol. VI, (new Series), No. 11, November, 1884. 12 Inbrary. [ Jan., London. Royal Microscopical Society,—Journal, Vol. IV (Series II), Part 5, October, 1884. -. Royal Society—Proceedings, Vols. XXXVI, No. 2381; XXXVII, No. 232. ——--. Society of Telegraph Engineers,—Journal, Vol. XIII, No. 53. —-. ————.._ List of Members, June 30th, 1884. ——-—. Statistical Society,—Journal, Vol. XLVII, Part 3. -—. Zoological Society,—Proceedings, Part 3, 1884. Munich. Repertorium der Physik,—Vol. XX, No. 11. Paris. Société Académique Indo-Chinoise—Bulletin, Vol. I (Series IT). -. Société d’Anthropologie,—Bulletin, Vol. VII (Series III), Fasc. 3. -. Société de Géographie,—Compte Rendu, Nos. 16 and 17, 1884. Rome. Societé Degli Spettroscopisti Italianii—Memorie, Vol. XIII, Nos. 9 and 10, September and October, 1884. St. Petersburgh. Russian Geographical Society,—Proceedings,—Vol. XX, Nos. 4 and 5. Zagreb. Arkeologickoga Druztva,—Viestnik,—Vol. VI, No. 4. BOOKS AND JAMPHLETS, presented by the Authors, and Translators. Growsr, F. 8S. Bulandshahr: or Sketches of an Indian District ; Social, Historical and Architectural with Plates. 4to. Benares, 1884. Opprrt, Gustav. Ne Sutor ultra crepidam. In self-defence. 8vo. Madras, 1884. Roy, Protap Counpra. The Mahabharata, translated into English Prose. Part XII. 8vo. Calcutta, 1884. Vauauan, J. D. The Manners and Customs of the Chinese of the Straits Settlement. 8vo. Singapore, 1879. MuscELLANEOUS PRESENTATIONS. Indian Forester, Vol. X, Nos. 9-12, September to December, 1884. 8vo. Roorkee, 1884. BENGAL GOVERNMENT. Administration Report of the Central Provinces for the year 1883.- 84 Fep. Nagpur, 1884. Report on the Lunatic Asylums in the Central Provinces for the year 1883. Fep. Nagpur, 1884. Report on the Vaccine Operations in the Central Provinces for the year 1883-84, Fep. Nagpur, 1884. 1885. | Inbrary. 13 Returns of Railway borne Traffic in the Central Provinces during the quarters ending 30th June and 30th September, 1884. Fep. Nagpur, 1884, CHIEF COMMISSIONER, CENTRAL PROVINCES. The Lepidoptera of Ceylon, Parts 6—9, by F. Moore. 4to. London, 1882-84. : 7 : CoLoniAL SECRETARY, COLOMBO. The Legislative Acts of the Governor General of India in Council from 1834-1877. 8vo. Calcutta, 1860-78. Tue Hon. J. Gress. A Dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English, by John T.. Platts. 8vo. London, 1884. Home DEPARTMENT. International Meteorological Observations, September, 1883. 4to. Wash- ington, 1884. Monthly Weather Review for September, 1884. 4to. Washington, 1884. Metror. Reporter To THE GOVERNMENT oF INDIA. Gazetteers of the following Districts :—Delhi, Rohtak, Jalandhar, Am- ritsar, Gujrat, Jhelam, Shahpur, Mooltan, Jhang, Montgomery, Muzaf- fargarh, Dera Ghazi Khan, Peshawar, and Bannu. 8vo. Lahore, 1883-84. PUNJAB GOVERNMENT. Tide-Tables for the Indian Ports for the year 1885 and January, 1886. 12mo. Calcutta. Tide-Tables for the River Hooghly for 1885. 8vo. Calcutta, 1884. SURVEYOR, IN CHARGE TipAL AND LEVELLING OPERATIONS, SURVEY OF Inpia, Poona. PERIODICALS J-URCHASED. Allahabad. Punjab Notes and Queries,—Vol. II, No. 15, and Index to Vol. I. Berlin. Deutsche Litteraturzeitung,—Vol. V, Nos. 40—44. Journal fiir die remme und angewandte Mathematik,—Vol. XOVII, No. 3. Calcutta. Asiatic Researches (Popular Edition),—Vol. I, No. 4. -. Calcutta Review,—Vol. LXXX, No. 159, January, 1885. -. Indian Medical Gazette,—Vol. XIX, No. 12, December, hein Cassel. Botanisches Centralblatt,—Vol. XX, Nos. 1—4. , Edinburgh. Edinburgh Review,—Vol. CLX, No. 328, October, 1884. Florence. Societa Italiana di Antropologiae Etnologia,—Archivio per lV Antropologia e la Htnologia, Vol. XIV, No. 2. 14 Library. Geneva. Archives des Sciences Physiques et Naturelles—Vol. XII, No. 11. . Gottingen. Gelehrte Anzeigen,—Nos. 21—25, 1884. Nachrichten,—Nos. 10 and 11, 1884. Leipzig. Annalen der Physik und Chemie,—Vol. XXIII, Nos. 3 and 4. : Beiblatter,—Vol. VIII, Nos. 10 and 11. —.. Hesperos,—Vol. IV, Nos. 82—84. . Literarisches Centralblatt,—Nos. 41—45, 1884. London. Annals and Magazine of Natural History,—Vol. XIV, (series V), No. 83, November, 1884. ———, Chemical News,—Vol. L, Nos. 1803—1307. Entomologist,—Vol. XVII, No. 25, November, 1884. Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine,—Vol. XXI, No. 246, No- vember, 1884. Ibis,—Vol. II, (series V), No. 8, October, 1884. Journal of Botany,—Vol. XXII, No. 263, November, 1884. Journal of Science,—Vol. VI, (series III), No. 131, Novem- ber, 1884. London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine,— Vol. XVIII, No. 114, November, 1884. ——--, Nineteenth Century,—Vol. XVI, No. 93, November, 1884. Publishers’ Circular,—Vol. XLVII, Nos. 1132 and 1133. ——. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science,—Vol. XXIV, No. 96, October, 1884. ——. Quarterly Review,—Vol. CLVIII, No. 316, October, 1884. Society of Arts,—Journal, Vols. XXXII, No. 1669; XXXIII, Nos. 1670—1673. Westminster Review,—Vol. CX XII, No. 244, October, 1884. New Haven. American Journal of Science,—Vol. XXVIII, (series III), No. 166, October, 1884. Paris. Revue Critique,—Vol. XVIII, Nos. 40—45. Revue des Deux Mondes,—Vols. LXV, No. 4; LXVI, No. 1. Vienna. Orientalische Museum,—Oesterreichische Monatschrift fiir den Orient, Vol. X, No. 11. Pooks PURCHASED. Tempe, Cart. R. C. Legends of the Punjab. No. XVI. 8vo. Bom- bay, 1884. Tryon, G.W. Manual of Conchology, Part XXIV. 8vo. Philadelphia. PROCEEDINGS OF THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, FoR J EBRUARY, 1885. The Annual Meeting of the Asiatic Society of Bengal was held on Wednesday, the 4th February, 1885, at 9 Pp. m. The Hon’ble J. Grass, C. S. I., Vice-President in the Chair. According to the Bye-Laws of the Society, the President ordered the voting papers to be distributed for the election of Officers and Members of Council for 1885; and appointed Messrs. J. C. Douglas and R. Logan, Scrutineers. The Pruesipent then called upon the Secretary to read the Annual Report. ANNUAL FJREPORT FOR 1884. The Council of the Asiatic Society of Bengal have the honor to submit the following Report on the state and progress of the Society’s affairs for the past year. Member List. In the year under review, 29 gentlemen were elected ordinary members of the Society, 17 Members withdrew, 4 died and 5 were re- moved from the List in accordance with Rule 40; the result showing a net gain of 3 Members to the Society. The total number of Mem- bers, therefore, at the close of 1884 was 326 against 323 at the end of the preceding year. Of these, 102 are Resident, 157 Non-Resident, 12 Foreign, 15 Life and 40 Non-Subscribing Members, as will be seen from the following Table, which also shows the fluctuations in the number of Ordinary Members for the past 6 years. 16 Annual Report. [Fzs. PAYING. Non-PAyING. ie rate RAN are Rie GRAND YEAR. N i PEGE Pe ES CR MS Resident. sate “!- |Poreign. | Total.| Life. | Absent. | Total. 1879 111 154 16 281 12 36 48 829 1880 112 185 16 812 14 80 44 856 1881 110 168 17 295 14 41 55 850 1882 101 155 18 274, 15 48 63 337 1883 100 142 18 260 15 48 63 823 1884 102 157 | 12 271 | 15 40 55 326 During the year, one member, the Nawab Nazim of Bengal, com- pounded for his future subscriptions. The Society lost one of its oldest members, Sir Hdward Clive Bay- ley. He was born on October 17th, 1821, and, after a distinguished career at Haileybury, arrived at Calcutta in 1842. The earlier years of his official life were spent in district work, in the North-Western Pro- vinces. In 1849, he was appointed Settlement Officer of Guzerat, then recently acquired by the Hast India Company on the downfall of the kingdom of the Sikhs. Here he distinguished himself greatly, and was soon after brought to the Foreign Department, where, under the guiding spirit of Sir Henry Elliot, he imbibed a taste for oriental researches which grew with his growth and ceased only on his demise. Sir Henry was then engaged in his great work on the Muhammadan historians, and Mr. Bayley translated for him from Persian works many voluminous extracts, gome of which were published by Sir Henry Hlliot, and all spoken of in high terms of praise by that renowned Orientalist. Other extracts have since been published in the late Professor Dawson’s continuation of Sir Henry’s work. After a service of three years, in the Punjab in 1890, Mr. Bayley availed himself of the furlough to which he was then entitled, and during his leave went through the usual course of studies and got himself admitted to the Bar. Soon after his return to India, he was appointed Secretary to the Foreign Department, and subsequently to the Home Department of the India Government, which office he held for several years. During the last four years of his sojourn in India he was a member of the Supreme Council, and held the portfolio of the Home Department. For four years he held the office of Vice-Chancellor of the Calcutta University. His connection with the Asiatic Society dated from 1851, and he was President of the Society for five, and Vice-President for three years. -His leisure hours were devoted to antiquarian researches, but his onerous official duties did not permit 1885. ] Annual Report. 17 him to devote so much time to them as he wished. His sojourn in the Punjab immediately after its acquisition by the British Government gave him excellent opportunities, which he utilized to the utmost, for collecting old coins, and as an accomplished numismatist he made for himself a name which is honorably known in Europe. The study of numismatics necessarily attracted his attention to Indian epigraphy, and he devoted much attention to inscriptions. Since his retirement from India he wrote two valuable essays on the genesis of the Indian Alphabet and of the Indian numerals. While engaged in translating extracts from the works of Muhammadan writers, and subsequently during his sojourn at Agra and Delhi, he paid much attention to medisval Indian history, and he was well known to be one of the most enthusiastic and able expounders of the history of the Muhamma- dans in India. He contributed to the Society nine papers on history, numismatics, ancient inscriptions, and sculptures, and published several others in Hurope. These learned papers were received with respect by, and have ably assisted, the archeologists of this country, and his name is intimately associated with the progress of this Society. The other 3 ordinary members who died during the year were Dr. H. W. McCann, the Society’s General Secretary, whose loss has been feelingly acknowledged, and an account of whose life and labours has been published in the Proceedings for July; Mr. J. B, Chalmers and Mr. R. Pawsey. An Associate Member was elected during the year, Mr. F. Moore, F. Z. 8., in recognition of his contributions to Indian Entomology. At the Centenary Meeting, held on the 18th January 1884, to cele- brate the Hundredth Anniversary of the first meeting of the Asiatic So- ciety, the following six gentlemen, on the proposal of the Council, were unanimously elected Special Centenary Honorary Members. James Prescott Joule, Esq., LL. D., F. R. S., Manchester. Dr. Ernst Haeckel, Professor in the University of Jena. Charles Meldrum, Hsq., M. A., F. R. 8., Mauritius. A. H. Sayce, Esq., Professor of Comp. Philology, Oxford. M. Hmile Sénart, Member of the Institute of France, Paris. Monier Williams, Hsq., Boden Prof. of Sanskrit, Oxford. D oP ow Po & Indian Museum. The following presentations made to the Society have been tran sfer- red to the Indian Museum, under the provisions of Act XXII of 1876. 2 Brass objects, one of which looks like a seal, presented by Col. M. G. Clerk, and found by him in an excavation in Accra near Bannu in the Punjab. 18 Annual Report. [ Fup. A vacancy in the office of Trustee having occurred by the death of Dr. H. W. McCann, Mr. F. EH. Pargiter was elected a Trustee on behalf of the Society. Finance. The Appendix contains the usual classified Statement shewing the accounts of the Asiatic Society. Under Statement No. 1 will be found the account of receipts and disbursements of the Asiatic Society during the year 1884. Statement Nos, 2 and 3 show how the money administered through the Society in the Oriental Publication and Sanskrit Manuscripts Funds has been spent during the past year. A fixed allowance of Rs. 750 per month is given by the Government of India to the Oriental Publication Fund, and a yearly sum of Rs, 3,200 is paid by the same authority to the credit of the Sanskrit Manuscripts Fund. Statement No. 4 gives an account of monies due by and to the Members of this Society. In Statement No.5 an account is given of the sums invested in Government securities and held in deposit by the Bank of Bengal. They consist of Rs. 21,800 in 4 per cent. Government paper and Rs. 1,37,000 in 43 per cent. Government paper, making together Rs. 1,58,800. Statement No. 6 shows the sum invested, known as the Piddington Trust Fund, the interest of which is applied to the payment of a pension to an old servant of the Society. The Cash receipts and expenditure of the Society as well as those of the different funds are summed up in Statement No. 7. Statement No. 8 exhibits the balance sheet of the different statements. The budget for the past year was estimated by the Council of the Society thus: Receipts Rs. 15,725. Expenditure Rs. 15,429. The actuals of the year were found to be: Receipts Rs. 15,154. Expenditure Rs. 14,805. In the receipts under the head ‘‘ Subscriptions ”’ a decrease of Rs. 700 has taken place, and this is due to the high figure at which the amount was budgetted for last year. According to the number of Members, resident, non-resident and foreign, on the list of the Society at the close of the past year, an amount of Rs. 7,600 only could have been raised; but as there were large arrears due from Members, it was expected that some portion of them would be realized, and would thus raise the total subscriptions to Rs. 8,000. Although every available means has been employed to call in the outstandings, yet the efforts have been far from successful. A dozen t rn! Fe 1885. ] Annual Report. 19 members owe sums of money aggregating close upon 900 Rs. to the Society, and have failed to discharge their debts, although repeatedly called upon to do so. Several items on the expenditure side show a marked saving, whilst in some cases the budget estimate has been exceeded. On the whole the amount expended is less than that budgetted for by Rs. 624. The budget estimate for 1885 is as follows— REcEIPTS.. Subscriptions Be uae Gas . Rs. 7,500 Sale of Periodicals Fe ei eae aS AE ZO Interest on Investments De Nae ie ea! ENGRZO@ Miscellaneous 4bs sd i see Ae ys 200 Ris: ' 15,100 EXPENDITURE. Salaries ... 1% an vee ae Se OOO Commission : a pel eae 320 Pension ... os Jen aes font sere 8 Stationery ... a BA if Pe hakA 220 Lighting ane mee ¢ eee tes 100 Building ... ave eae ase sey un 50 Taxes bas ae ue nee Say tls 720 Postage A iP ae ict aun 700 Freight... aoe oe A edie or 20 Meetings ° ” 80 Contingencies es ates tek Behr 200 Books vie ces ie ee ieee 15” | OUO Local Periodicals ee ae Ree eatAy ap 90 Binding... a a a Peon 600 Coins 6% noi fe ae Sa ene 100 Journal, Part I ee “i aoe Koehn ee) Seeerart IT ar Se oe Seer ee eR OO Proceedings oes one nea) pty eee Printing of Circulars ... rate ae 150 Assistant Secretary’s bonus for ee Erialogue See athae 600 Rs. 14,378 20 Annual Report. [Frs. In addition to the ordinary expenditure a sum of Rs. 2,300 will be required to pay for the Centenary review. During the past year, nearly Rs. 1,400 were paid for the Catalogue, which has already been issued to the members, and a further sum of about Rs. 950 was given for the printing of a portion of the Centenary review. London Agency. Messrs. Triibner and Co.’s statement of account with the Society for the year 1883 showed a balance in our favour of £16-4-23. Their sales of the Society’s publications during the same period amounted to £64-1-6 and of the Bibliotheca Indica to £23-15-74. During the year 1884, 18 Invoices of Books purchased and of publi- cations of various Societies sent in exchange were received from Messrs. Triibner and Co. The value of the books purchased amounted to £104-8-2. The number of copies of parts of the Journal, Proceedings, and Bibliotheca Indica sent to Messrs. Triibner and Co. for sale was 365, 270, and 624 respectively. Library. The additions to the Library numbered 2,042 volumes or parts of volumes. Of these 798 were purchased, and 1,244 presented or received in exchange. The Council have at length much pleasure in announcing the publi- cation of the Library Catalogue which was issued in the second quarter of the year. Great credit is due to the late Assistant Secretary Mr. Bion for his exertions in its compilation, and the Council have, in recognition of his services, awarded him a bonus of Rs. 600. The Council are also under great obligations to Mr. H. B. Medlicott and Dr. Hoernle for their careful supervision of the work both during its compilation and during its progress through the press. Publications. } Four Nos. of the Journal, Part I, and two of Part II, were published during the year, containing 444 and 186 pages of letter-press, and 7 and 10 plates respectively. A third No. of Part II, with 4 plates, is nearly ready. Eleven Nos. of the Proceedings containing 215 pages of letter-press and 2 plates were also published. Building. The total amount spent on the bnilding in 1884 was Rs. 902-8-0, and provided for repairs to the outhouses and to the exterior of the Society’s premises. 1885. ] Annual Report. 21 Coin Cabinet. The additions to the Cabinet have been very few in 1884, the total number of coins added being 25, viz. 5 gold and 20 silver. All were purchased at a total cost of Rs. 140, no coin having been presented during the past year. Of the 5 gold coins, found at Chindwarrah, Nerbudda district, Cen- tral Provinces, one was of the reign of Alamgir II, Aziz-ud-din, two others of the reign of Aurangzib, dates 1106 and 1110, the fourth and fifth of the reign of Muhammad Shah of the year 1144 and 11(438). All these are apparently new or unpublished types, except the last _ which is described in Marsden’s Numismata Orientalia, p. 667 No. DCCCCXXI. 7 Of the silver coins, eight were of Menander found in a Jahrian village, in the Amritsar division; five were of the common so-called Indo-Sassa- nian kind, found at Fatehgurh and seven were of Rafi-ud-derjat and Farakhsir, found at Etawah. Secretary’s Office. In June 1884, the Society sustained a great loss by the death of Dr. W.H. McCann, their General Secretary. Mr. F, EH. Pargiter was ap- pointed in his place and has continued to hold it since. Mr. Wood-Mason returned from Europe in May, and resumed charge of the office of Natural History Secretary from Mr. L. de Niceville, who had. been appointed to officiate in October 1883. Dr. Hoernle, the Society’s Philological Secretary, was absent on three months’ leave from April to July, and Mr. C. H. Tawney officiated during the interval. Mr. Ff. W. Peterson has continued to act as Treasurer throughout the year. Mr. W. A. Bion, the Assistant Secretary was absent on seven months’ leave from April to October, during which period Mr. J. F. Duplessis was appointed to officiate for him. Mr. Bion returned in November, but in December resigned the service for better prospects elsewhere, when Mr. Duplessis was appointed to fill the vacancy permanently. Mr. J. H. Elliott has held the post of Assistant Librarian throughout the year, Babu Nritya Gopal Basu that of Cashier and Babu Amrita Lal Das that of Copyist. Bibliotheca Indica. Twenty-six fasciculi were published during the year: nine in the Arabic-Persian Series and seventeen in the Sanskrit Series. They be- long to thirteen different works, of which three are in the former 22 Annual Report. [ Fes. and ten in the latter Series, each Series containing one new publication, viz., the translation of the Muntakhab-ut-Tawarikh and the text of the Tattva Chintamani respectively. One of the Sanskrit Series, viz., Kaman- daki’s Nitisara has been completed ; another the Kath4 Sarit Sagara has also been practically completed, there only remaining the index to be published, which will appear shortly. A. Arabic-Persian Series. 1. Of the Is4Ban or Biographical Dictionary of persons who knew Muhammad by Ibn Hajar, one fasciculus has been published by Maulvi Abdul Hai, being the sixth of the third volume. It carries the list of “male witnesses’ down to number 1494, at the beginning of Kaf (oe ). 2. Of the AxbparnAman, edited by Maulvi Abdur Rahim, of the Calcutta Madrasah, six fasciculi have been published, continuing the history of Akbar down to the year 994. 3. Of the annotated English translation of the second volume of MountTakHas-vut-TAwAriku, which had been announced in the Annual Re- port for 1882 (see Proc. Feb. 1883) the first two fasciculi were published by the Rev. W. H. Lowe, M. A., of Cambridge, in the course of the past year. The text, in three volumes, has already been published by the Society ; and an English translation of the first volume, to be published part passu with the second, is in course of preparation. B. Sanskrit Series. 4. The joint editors, Pandits Yogeswara Smritiratna and Kama- khyanatha Tarkaratna, have advanced their edition of Hemadri’s Cuatur- VARGA CHINTAMANI by three fasciculi which belong to the first part of the Society’s third volume, being the fifth part (or Parisesha Khanda) of the work itself. 5. Pandit Satyavrata SAdmasrami has continued the second volume of his annotated edition of the well-known Nirvuxta glossary by the issue of three fasciculli. 6. Professor Dr. R. Garbe of Konigsberg, likewise, has continued the second volume of his edition of the important ApastamBa Sravuta SUTRA by the issue of two more fasciculi. One more fasciculus, which is ready, will complete this volume. 7. Mr. C. H. Tawney, M. A., Principal of the Presidency College has published three fasciculi of his annotated English translation of the Katud Sarit SAgara. These complete the second volume. One more fasciculus remains which will contain the indexes. 1885. ] Annual Report. 23 8. Of the ParisisHtTa Parvan or STHAVIRAVALI CHARITRA by Hema- chandra, a Jain work in Sanskrit verse on the first twelve Sthaviras or Patriarchs, Professor Dr. H. Jacobi, of Miinster, has published another fasciculus. 9. Of the Parssara Suriti, likewise, Pandit Chandrakanta Tarka- lankara has issued another fasciculus. 10. The MimAmsd Darsana with Savara Svami’s Commentary has been continued by Pandit Mahesa Chandra Nyayaratna, the Principal of the Sanskrit College, who has published one fasciculus. 11. The same learned editor has also issued one more fasciculus of his edition of the Tarrririya SamurrA with the commentary of Madhava Acharya. 12. The Society’s edition of the Nirissra by Kamandaki has at last been brought to a close. The work was first commenced in 1849 by Dr. R. Mitra, who published the text in two fasciculi. Subsequent- ly a Commentary was added of which Pandit Rama Narayana prepared one fasciculus, and, after his death, Pandit Jaganmohana published a second fasciculus in 1875. And now the third and last fasciculus has been published by Pandit Kamakhyanatha Tarkaratna. The work treats of the political maxims of Chanakya, the minister of Chandra-Gupta, and is compiled by the minister’s disciple Kamandaki. 13. Of the Tarrva CuintTAMANI, which was commenced during the past year, Pandit Kamakhyanatha Tarkaratna has published one fasci- culus. The following works are in a more or less forward state of publi- cation : 1. Tasagit-1-NAstri (Index of persons and places). 2. Lanira Vistara (Translation). 3. Prdkxrira Laxsuana (Translation and Notes). 4. Pritatrss Rdsav (Text and Translation). 5. Kartanrra (Introduc- tion). 6. BrrHapprvaTA (Text). 7%. PrRAkritApuyAya (Text and Translation). 8. COuaraka (Translation with Notes). 9. Nagdm (Text). 10. LAmfyynt-n1t-Aras (Text and Translation). The undermentioned new works have been sanctioned for publica- tion : l. Sanskrit. 1. The Nyaya VArrixa of Udyotkara Misra. This work gives an exposition of the meaning of what is said, of what is left unsaid, and of what is ill or imperfectly said in the Nyaya Aphorisms of Gautama. It is held in high repute, but is exceedingly scarce. There are three or four MSS. available, one of which is an excellent one, old and very correct. The work will be edited by Pandit Vindhyeswari Prasdda Dviveda of Benares. 24 Annual Report. [Frs. 2. The KAua Vivexa, by Jimtta Vahana, the author of the Daya- bhaga. Itisa treatise on appropriate times for religious ceremonies. Tts astronomical disquisitions are of great value, and it is accepted as the leading authority on the subject it treats of. It will be edited by Pandit Madhu Sidana Tarkaratna, a Professor of the Sanskrit College, from several MSS. 3. The VivApa Ratndxara, a digest of the laws relating to Juris- prudence. It is held in high repute. Some six or seven MSS, are available, and the edition will be prepared by Pandit Dina Nath Nyaya- ratna, a Professor of the Sanskrit College. 4, The smaller commentaries of the Vedanta Sitra. There are five of these: Ist, Vallabha Bhadshya, which expounds the system of Hpicurianism of the Hindis; 2nd, Raémdnija Bhashya, which holds the human soul to be a creation of the Divinity ; 3rd, Vishnu Bhashya, which holds that the human soul is a reflection of the Divine one; 4th, Nemdrka Bhashya, which holds the human soul to be subordinate to the Divine one, and 5th, the Madhava Bhashya, which teaches that the human soul is essentially and eternally distinct from the Divine one. These different theories have been all deduced from the Vedanta, and illustrate in a remarkable manner the different phases of philosophical thought among the Hindtis. They are in fact protests against the theory of Sankara. All these five works are short; but at present there are only in the case of the two first mentioned sufficient MSS. available to proceed to an edition. These two editions will be entrusted to Pandit Hema Chandra Tarkaratna and Pandit Ramanatha Tarkaratna respectively. 5. The KAua MApmaviya of Madhava Achdrya. This will form a sequel to the same author’s Parasara Madhava, which is now in course of publication. It will be edited by Pandit Chandrakaénta Tarkdlankéra, from a large number of MSS. 6. The Yootnf Tantra, containing a history of Assam and Kich Bihar. It will be edited by Mr. G. A. Grierson, C. S., from six MSS. 7. The NdArapa Smriti, one of the standard authorities on Hindt Law. Itis unique in interest, because no other Smriti is known to contain equally copious rules on judicial procedure and civil law. It will be edited by Professor J. Jolly, of Wirzburg, from six good MSS. The text will be accompanied by the commentary of Asakdya, as far as the latter goes. 8. A Manu Tiki Sancrana or Extracts from various old Commen- taries on Manu’s law-book, also by Professor J. Jolly of Wurzburg. 9. The SAnxudyana Sravra Strra, to be edited by Professor A. Hillebrandt of Breslau. 10. Brahma Gupta’s Karaya Granrua, the so-called Khanda Khadya, to be edited, with a translation and notes, by Dr. G. Thibaut. 1885. ] Annual Report. 25 The three last mentioned works had been sanctioned in 1883 (see Proc. for June, p. 109). 11. The Svayamsut Purdna, a Buddhist history of Nepal and 12. The AsurasMnasrikA PrasNA PARamirtA. The Society possesses one MS. of each of the two last mentioned works; that of the latter being very old and remarkably correct. As soon as one or two more MSS. have been procured, their publication will be taken in hand. 2. Persian. 13. The Sararnduan by Maula Sharfuddin Ali Yazdi. It gives the history of Timur, and isa large work. There are six MSS. in the Society’s library, from which it will be edited by Maulvi Ilahdad, late 2nd Professor of the Calcutta Madrasah. 14. The TArfixu 1 Firtz Suduf, by Shams i Shiraz Ufif, a history of Timur Shih. Another history, bearing the same name and written by Zid o Barni has already been published by the Society. This second work is an exceedingly rare one, and, if anything, more valuable than the one already published. There is at present one MS. available, which belongs to the Society ; but there is every hope of one or two more being procurable from Lucknow and Raémpur. As soon as these have been obtained, the edition will be proceeded with by Maulvi Abul Khair, Professor of Arabic and Persian in the Madrasah College, to whom it has been entrusted. 15. An English annotated translation of the first volume of the Muntaxuan-ut-Thwdrizu, by Abdul Qadir, the Badaéoni. It will be pre- pared uniformly with Mr. Lowe’s translation of the second volume, which is at present in course of publication. Maulvi Abul Khair, of the Madra- sah College, has been entrusted with the work. 16. The TAstt Ma’asir by Hasan Nizaémi, one of the oldest Muham- madan histories of India, treating of the reigns of Qutb-ud-din Ibak and Shams-ud-din Iltimish. 17. The Tdrixu 1 Wassar by the so-called Wassaf ul Hazrat a sort of general history of the Muhammadan world. At present only one copy of each of the last two works is available. They are in the possession of the Society. A search is being made for other MSS., after receipt of which the editions will be taken in hand. 18. An English translation with notes of the TArixu 1 YAurnf by Mr. L. White King, C. 8. Of the works in course of publication in 1885, the outturn may be reckoned at 40 fasciculi which, at the average rate of Rs. 432 for each, will cost Rs. 17,280. The average income being Rs. 13,695, there will be an excess of expenditure of Rs. 3,585 which represents the amount by which the unspent balance of Rs. 21,409 may be reduced. The following is a detailed list of the publications issued in 1884. 26 Annual Report. [ Fes. Arabic-Persian Serves. 1. Isdpan, edited by Maulvi Abdul Hai of the Calcutta Madrasah, No. 249 (old Series) fase. XXV, Vol. III, No. 6. 2. The AxparnAmau by Abul-Fazli Mubarak i Allami; edited by Maulvi ’Abdur Rahim, Professor, Calcutta Madrasah; Nos. 502, 503, Vol. III, Fasc. IIT: Nos. 514, 515, Fase. IV ; Nos. 524, 525, Fasc. V. 8. Munraxuas-ut-Thwirixu, by Abdul-Qadir Bin Maluk Shah, known as Al-Badaoni, translated from the original Persian by W. H. Lowe, M. A., Hebrew Lecturer, Christ’s College, Cambridge; Nos. 501, 521, Fasc. I, IL. Sanskrit Series. 4, CHaturvARGA CuintAmani by Hemadri, edited by Pandits Yoges- vara Smritiratna and Kamakhyanatha Tarkaratna; Nos. 504, 516, 518, Part I, Fasc. VII, VIII, IX. 5. Nrrugta, with Commentaries, edited by Pandit Satyavrata Sd4magrami; Nos. 506, 508, 517, Vol. II, Fasc. II, III, IV. 6. ApastamBa SRautTa Stra, belonging to the Black Yajur Veda, with the commentary of Rudradatta, edited by Dr. Richard Garbe, Pro- fessor of Sanskrit in the University of Konigsberg, Nos. 507, 520, Vol. II, Fase. VIII, IX. 7. Karni Sarit SMaara, or Ocean of the Streams of Story, trans- lated from the original Sanskrit by C. H. Tawney, M. A., Principal, Pre- sidency College ; Nos. 509, 519, 523, Vol. II, Fase. XI, XII, XIII. 8. STrHAvIRAVALI CHARITRA or ParisisoHTa Parvan being an appendix of the Trishashti Lalaka Purusha Charitra by Hemachandra; edited by Dr. Hermann Jacobi, Professor of Sanskrit and Comparative Philology in the Academy of Minster, Westphalia; No. 513, Fasc. II. 9, Pardsara Suriti, by Pandit Chandrakanta Tarkélankara; No. 505, Hasc. II. 10. Mimdms{ Darsana, with the commentary of Savara Svamin ; edited by Mahesgachandra Nyayaratna; No. 510, Fasc. XVII. 11. Samurré of the Black Yajur Veda, with the commentary of Madhava Acharya; edited by Mahesachandra Nyayaratna; No. 522, Fase. XXXII. 12. Nirtssra or Elements of Polity, by Kamandaki, with a commen- tary ; edited by Pandit Kamakhyanatha Tarkaratna; No. 511, Fase. V. 13. Tarrva CuintdmAni, edited by Pandit Kamakhyanatha Tarka- ratna; No. 512, Fase. I. Oentenary Meeting. The Report for the past year would not be complete without a brief account of the Centenary Meeting. This Special Meeting to celebrate the Hundredth Anniversary of 1885. | Annual Report. 27 the Society was held on the 15th January, 1884, at 7-30 p. m., the Hon’ble H. J. Reynolds, B. A., C. 8., President, in the Chair. Six gentlemen, proposed at the last meeting of Council, were un- animously elected Special Centenary Honorary Members, on account of their distinguished services to various branches of Science. Their names have been already mentioned in a previous portion of the report. A review of the Society’s History during the century of its exis- tence was laid upon the table, and a vote of thanks passed to the Com- pilers. Addresses were then read from learned Societies, congratulating the Society on the celebration of its Centenary. The Meeting was followed by a dinner, at which were present a large number of Members. Among the guests were the Marquess of Ripon, Viceroy and Governor-General of India, Archbishop Goethals, Lieutenant-General T. F. Wilson, Professor Monier Williams, and several other gentlemen. Among the toasts proposed were : The Queen-Hmpress. The Viceroy and Governor-General by the President. The Viceroy returned thanks, and proposed The Asiatic Society of Bengal, coupling with it the name of the President. In replying, the Hon’ble H. J. Reynolds gave a brief sketch of the labours of the Society during the past hundred years, and concluded by proposing “ Our Guests,” coupling with it the name of Professor Monier Williams. List of all Societies, Institutions, §c., to which the Publications of the Asiatic Society have been sent during the year, or from which Publica- tions have been recewed. * Allahabad :—Editor, Pioneer. § American Philological Association. * Amsterdam :—Royal Zoological Society. Angers :—Société d’ Etudes Scientifiques d’ Angers. Baltimore :—Johns Hopkins University. Batavia :—Society of Arts and Sciences. :—Magnetic and Meteorological Observatory. :—Kon. Natuurkundige Vereeniging in Nederlandsch-Indié. Berlin :—Royal Academy of Sciences. :—Entomologischer Verein. Birmingham :—Birmingham Philosophical Society. Bombay :—Bombay Branch, Royal Asiatic Society. :—Hditor, Indian Antiquary. K KOM €F FO * F Annual Report. [Frs , bo 12.6) Bombay :—Editor, Times of India. Boston :—Natural History Society. Bordeaux :—L’ Académie Nationale des Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts. :—Société de Géographie Commerciale. —————. :—_ Société Linnéene. Brisbane :—Royal Society of Queensland. Brunswick :—Verein fiir Naturwissenschaft. Brussels :—L’ Académie Royale des Sciences. - :—Musée Royal d’ Histoize Naturelle de Belgique. ——- :— Société Entomologique de Belgique. -:—Société Royale Malacologique de Belgique. Buda Pest :—Royal Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Buenos Ayres :—Public Museum. :—Academia Nacional de Ciencias de la Republica Argentina. Calcutta :—Agri-Horticultural Society of India. - :—Geological Survey of India. ——- :— Editor, Englishman. ——- -— :— Editor, Hindoo Patriot. ————— :— Editor, Indian Daily News. ——-- :—Indian Mirror. :—Indian Museum. —— :—Mahommedan Literary Society. ———— :— Public Library. ——— :—Tuttobodhini Shova. —-—:—University Library. Cambridge :—University Library. Cassel :—Der Verein fiir Naturkunde. Cherbourg :—La Société Nationale des Sciences Naturelles. Christiania :—University Library. Clinton :—EHditor, American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal. Colombo :—Ceylon Branch, Royal Asiatic Society. Copenhagen :—La Société Royale des Antiquaizes du Nord. Cuttack :—Cuttack Library. Dehra Dun :—Great Trigonometrical Survey. Dublin :—Royal Dublin Society. :—Royal Irish Society. :—Geological Society of Dublin. Edinburgh :—Royal Society. —_————- :— Botanical Society. Florence :—Societa Italiana di Anthropologia e di Etnologia. Frankfurt :—Senckenbergische Naturforschende Gesellschaft. Geneva :—Société de Physique et d’ Histoire Naturelle. + Genoa :—Museo Civico di Storia Naturale. o 5 8 Et ea Se to ee Ee Oe ae ECR es 6 ko Re ee & eX EDO EE Ey 1885. | Annual Report. 29 * Graz :—Naturwissenschaftlichen Verein fiir Styria. § Hague :—Koninklijk Instituut voor de Taal-Land-en Volkenkunde van Nederlansch-Indié. * Hamburgh :—Naturhistoriches Museum zu Hamburgh. * Halle :—Deutsche Morgenlandische Gesellschaft. + - :—Die Kais. Leopoldinische-Carolinische Akademie. * Havre :—Société de Géographie Commerciale du Havre. * Helsingfors :—Société des Sciences de Finlande. § Ithaca (U.S. A.) :—Cornell University. * Konigsberg :—Die physikalisch-Oekonomische Gesellschaft. * Lahore :—Hditor, Civil and Military Gazette. § :—Anjuman-i-Panjab. + :—Agricultural Society. + Leyden :—Royal Herbarium. + Liége :—La Société Géologique de Belgique. + - :—La Société des Sciences. § Lille :—Société de Géographie. § Lisbon :—Geographical Society. + Liverpool :—Literary and Philosophical Society. * London :—Anthropological Institute. * * * # # * * * ce * * a ** %* So # # b * a § + -— :—Hditor, Academy. ———_—_—-- :— Editor, Atheneum. ——- :— British Museum. ———- :— Geological Society. —_——- :—Institution of Civil Engineers. ———- :—Institution of Mechanical Engineers. ——-— :—KHditor, Nature. ———- :— Linnean Society. ——-— :—Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. ——-— :—Royal Astronomical Society. -——— :—Royal Geographical Society. ——- :—Royal Institution. ———- :—Royal Microscopical Society. ——-— :—Royal Society. ——-— :—Society of Telegraph Engineers. —-—— :— Statistical Society. -— :—Zoological Society. Lyons:—La Société d’ Agriculture, Histoire Naturelle et Arts Utiles. -:—Le Muséum d’ Histoire Naturelle. -:—La Société d’ Anthropologie. - :—lLa Société de Géographie, Madras :—Literary Society. 30 Annual Report. [ Fup. * Madras :-—~Government Central Museum. + Manchester :—Literary and Philosophical Soicety. § Melbourne :—Royal Society of Victoria. * Moscow :—Société Impériale des Naturalistes. :—Imperial Society of Amateurs of Natural Sciences, Anthro- | pology and Hthnology. * Munich:—K. Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften. : * ———— ;—Hditor, Repertorium der Physik. oe: + Netherlands :—Royal Society. " + New Haven :—Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences. § ————— :—American Oriental Society. + Ottawa :—Geological and Natural History Survey of the Dominion of Canada. Oxford :—Bodleian Library. :—Indian Institute. Paris:—La Société de Géographie. :—Société d, Anthropologie. :—Société Asiatique. :—National Library. :—Société Zoologique. :—Société Académique Indo-Chinoise. :—Institution Ethnographique. Philadelphia :—Academy of Natural Sciences. —_——————— American Philosophical Society. Pisa :—Societa Toscana de Scienze Naturali. Prague :—K_ K. Sternwarte. Princeton :—Princeton College. Rio de Janeiro :—Musen Nacional. Rome :—Societa degli Spettroscopisti Italiani. :—R. Accademia dei Lincei. Roorkee :—Kditor, Professional Papers on Indian Engineering. St. Petersburgh :—Comité Géologique. — :—Imperial Library. —— :—Russian Geographical Society. —:—Académie Impériale des Sciences. — — :—Hortus Petropolitanus. San Franciso :—Californian Academy of Arts and Sciences. Schaffhausen :—Swiss Entomological Society. Shanghai:—North China Branch, Royal Asiatic Society. Simla :—United Service Institution of India. + Stettin :—Hntomological Society. + Stockholm :—Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Hd | ea KR KOO KF KF HEH MM MMM MM ¥€UO KUO * KS KH KH KS 7 ee a \ . = eer” % #€U K€ * ECD KK EOD ES KK HK KX [Sees ae 1885.] Annual Report. 31 Sydney :—Royal Society of New South Wales. Toronto :—Canadian Institute. Trieste :—Societa Adriatica di Scienze Naturali. Turin :—Reale Accademia delle Scienze. Ulwar :—Ulwar Library. Vienna :—Anthropologische Gesellschaft. :—K. K. Central-anstalt fiir Meteorologie und Erdmagnetismus: —— :—K. K. Akademie der Wissenschaften. —— :—K. K. Geologische Reichsanstalt. :—K. K. Zoologisch-Botanische Gesellschaft. :—Ornithologische Verein. _ Washington :—Commissioners of the Department of Agriculture. -— :—Smithsonian Institution. :—U. 8. Army Signal Service. :—United States Geological Survey. ————— :—U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. Wellington :—New Zealand Institute. Wiirttemberg :—Natural History Society. * Yokohama :—Asiatic Society of Japan. § ————- :—Hditor, Chrysanthemum. :—German Oriental Society. * Zagreb :—~Archeological Society. | ABSTRACT OF CounciIL PROCEEDINGS. January 31st. Ordinary Meeting. Congratulatory addresses on the approaching celebration of the Society’s Centenary were read from the following Societies : a Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences, Berlin. German Oriental Society, Halle. Royal Asiatic Society, London. Royal Institute for the Philology, Geography and Ethnology of Netherlands-India, the Hague. Royal Zoological and Anthropological, Ethnological Museum, Dresden. It was ordered that the receipt of the addresses be acknowledged with thanks, and that a copy of the report of the Centenary Meeting be sent to those Socicties. * Societies, &c., which have received the Asiatic Society’s publications, and have sent their publications in return. * Societies, &c., which have received the Asiatic Society’s publications, but, have sent none in return. § Societies, &c., whose publications have been received, but to which nothing has been sent in return, 32 Annual Report. [Frs., An exchange of publications was sanctioned with the Comité Géolo- gique, St. Petersburgh. A letter was read from Professor J. Jolly, promising to send, at an early date, the MS. of his edition of the Selections from the Commen- taries of Manu. An application from the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic So- ciety, for permission to republish Selections from the Asiatic Researches and the Society’s Journal, was sanctioned. It was resolved to subscribe for 2 copies of the “‘ Punjab Notes and Queries” and of the Popular Edition of the Asiatic Researches. An offer from Mr. J. F. Fleet to purchase one of the six copies left in stock of the Rajatarangani was accepted. It was resolved that the report of the Centenary Meeting and of the Speeches at the Centenary Dinner be published in a Special No. of the Broceedings and also in the Centenary Review. Also that the three parts of the Review be bound together, and that each Editor receive 20 copies of the bound volume. The Annual Report was read and approved; and the annual ac- counts for 1883 with the estimate of Receipts and Expenditure for 1884 were laid on the table. Mr. J. Westland and Major J. Waterhouse were appointed Auditors of the annual accounts. February 5th. Special Meeting. The annual accounts for 1883 and the Budget Estimate of Income and Expenditure for 1884 were submitted and passed. Mr. Bion, the Assistant Secretary, was granted seven months’ leave from lst April, provided the Catalogue and the Centenary Review were then satisfactorily completed. February 28th. Ordinary Meeting. Read a letter from the Meteorological Reporter to the Government of India, stating that he believed that the first part of “ Die Temperatur Verhaltnisse der Russischen Reiches,” intended for his department, had by mistake been addressed to the Asiatic Society. It was ordered that the volume be transferred to the Meteorological Office Library. At the suggestion of Messrs. Triibner and Co., it was resolved that all foreign periodicals should in future be sent through them instead of direct from the publishers. The various Committees for the ensuing year were elected. The Honorable H. J. Reynolds was elected a Trustee of the Indian Museum, on behalf of the Society, vice Mr. Eliot, resigned, It was ordered that 100 copies of the Special Number of the Cen- tenary Proceedings be printed separately for sale. 1885.] Annual Report. 33 March 27th. Ordinary Meeting. A letter was read from the Dewan to the Nawab Nazim of Mur- shedabad, remitting Rs. 300, as a compounding fee for his admission as a Life Member. A donation of Rs. 300 to the Society’s funds from the Hon’ble Raja G. N. Gazpatee Row was acknowledged with thanks. On an application from the Director of the Indian Institute, Oxford, it was ordered that a copy of the Society’s publications and the publica- tions of the Bibliotheca Indica be presented to the Institute. An offer from Mr. J. Beames to publish in the Journal a paper he was preparing on the Geography of India during the reign of Akbar was accepted. The appointment by the Secretary of Mr. J. F. Duplessis, as Offg. Assistant Secretary, during the absence on leave of Mr. Bion, was ap- proved. May \st. Ordinary Meeting. On the recommendation of the Philological Secretary, Pandit Hemachandra was authorized to print his edition of the ‘“ Atharvana Upanishad ”’ at his own press, the ‘‘ Valmiki.”’ Letters were received from Dr. Joule, Monsieur Sénart, Professors Haeckel and Sayce, conveying their thanks for the great honour conferred on them by the Society in electing them Special Honorary Centenary Members; the letters were ordered to be read at the next meeting of the Society. Read the Minutes of the Philological Committee regarding the large balance at the credit of the O. P. Fund. The Philological Secretary was instructed to make special arrangements for fresh publications. It was resolved to subscribe to one copy of an Austrian monthly journal, the “ Oesterrische Monattschrift fiir der Orient.” Mr. Tawney was elected a Member of Council, and was also asked if he would take up the work of the Philological Secretary during the absence on leave for 3 months of Dr. Hoernle. A letter from Mr. Cecil Bendall, of the British Museum, asking the Society to try to gain subscribers to the facsimile reproductions of the Paleographical Society, was ordered to be read at the next meeting. May 29th. Ordinary Meeting. An advance for Rs. 300 to Dr. R. L. Mitra was sanctioned for the purchase of a large number of Jain Manuscripts. A letter from Mr. Charles Meldrum, in charge of the Mauritius Ob- servatory, thanking the Society for the honour done to him by his election as a Special Centenary Honorary Member was ordered to be read at the next General Meeting. 34 Annual Report. [FEs., An exchange of publications was sanctioned with the ‘‘ Naturwissen- schaftlichen Vereins ” of Styria. A presentation of the Proceedings of the Birmingham Philosophical Society was accepted with thanks. A letter from Mr. F. K. Hervey, expressing a wish to obtain a yaaa . graph of an undeciphered inscription on a Singapore Stone presented to. the Society in 1848, was ordered to be transferred to the Trustees of the Indian Museum. On the proposal of Mr. Tawney, it was ordered that a copy of the Sanskrit Series of the Bibliotheca Indica be presented to Mr. Cecil Bendall of the British Museum and to Dr. Hjalmar Edgren of Lund, Sweden. The Secretary reported that the Library Catalogue was at last pub- lished and was being distributed to Members. Mr. Wood-Mason reported he had returned from furlough, and had relieved Mr. de Nicéville who had officiated during his absence. A vote of thanks to the latter was unanimously recorded. June 26th. Ordinary Meeting. Presentations from Mr. Charles Meldrum, in charge of the Observa~- tory, Mauritius, and from Dr. G. Badaloni, Member of several Italian Medical Societies, of several of their publications were accepted with thanks. An exchange of publications with the Society of Amateurs of Natu ral Sciences, Anthropology and Ethnology, of Moscow, was sanctioned. It was resolved to subscribe for one copy of a German publication, the “ Literatur-Blatt fiir Orientalische Philologie.” A letter from the President of the American Association for the advancement of Science, inviting members to attend their annual meeting to be held in Philadelphia on the 3rd September, was ordered to be com- municated to the Society, with a recommendation that an application be made to Government for permission to depute Major Waterhouse to represent the Society. Messrs. Triibner and Co. were accorded permission to return part of their stock of the Bibliotheca Indica, Arabic and Persian Series, which had a very small sale in Europe, and also part of the Journal stock from 1832 to 1870. A proposal from Mr. G. A. Grierson to edit the “Yogini Tantra” was accepted on the recommendation of the Philological Committee. In reply to an application from the “Société de Géographie Com- mercial du Havre” for an interchange of publications, it was ordered that a copy of the Proceedings be sent. On the proposition of the Natural History Secretary, it was resolved that the Council propose to the Society at their next.meeting, that Mr. i 1885. | Annual Report. 35 Moore be elected an Associate Member on account of his contributions to Indian Entomology. The price of the New Library Catalogue to non-members was fixed at Rs. 3-8 per copy. The Philological Secretary having announced the death on the 22nd June of Dr. H. W. McCann, the General Secretary, it was resolved that Mr. F. E. Pargiter be asked to fill the post thus left vacant. Major J. Waterhouse kindly offered to carry on the work until Mr. Pargiter’s acceptance had been received. The Council placed on record their sense of the loss the Society has sustained by the untimely death of Dr. McCann, and their deep regret at the sad event which has deprived it of an energetic and valuable officer and a most esteemed colleague. July 31st. Ordinary Meeting. _A letter from Mr. W. A. Holwell, Quebec, enclosing photographs of the late Governor Holwell, and requesting that a copy of Mr. Bayne’s paper on the further excavations of old Fort William be sent to him when published, was ordered to be read at the next General Meeting. It was resolved that the unexpended balance of asum of Rs. 1000, which had been placed to the credit of the Society by the late Dr. Muir for publishing an English translation of Sankara Acharya’s commentary on the Aphorisms of the Vedanta, be returned to the Trustees of his estate. The Secretary reported that Messrs. Triibner and Co.’s accounts for 1883 had been examined and found correct, with the exception of a few trifling discrepancies which they had been asked to rectify. It was resolved to subscribe to one copy each of two works edited by Captain R. C. Temple, viz., “’ Umdatu-’t-Tawarikh” and a Dic- tionary of Hindustani Proverbs. A letter was read from the Government of India stating that the cost of a copy of the Isabah, which the Society had applied for, would be £41. It was resolved not to proceed further in the matter, as there was no guarantee that the copy would be a correct one. Major J. Waterhouse reported that, being unable to obtain leave to represent the Society at the Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, he had asked Mr. W. T. Blanford to act as the Society’s representative on the occasion. Mr. Pargiter’s acceptance of the post of General Secretary was re- corded; and his election as a Trustee of the Indian Museum confirmed. Professor Jolly’s proposal to edit the Narada Smriti in the Biblio- theca Indica was accepted. 36 Annual Report. [Fzz., On the recommendation of the Philological Secretary, the publica- tion of 11 Sanskrit and 6 Persian works was sanctioned in the Biblio- theca Indica. A detailed list with full particulars will be found under the section “‘ Bibliotheca Indica.” Mr. John Boxwell, Maulvi Khudabuksh Khan and Colonel Jarrett were elected Members of the Philological Committee. August 28th. Ordinary Meeting. Sundry brass articles, presented by Lieut.-Col. Malcolm G. Clerk were ordered to be transferred to the Indian Museum. A letter was read from Kaviraj Samal Das Ji of Oodeypore asking for the loan of a large number of Persian and Arabic Manuscripts. It was resolved that the rule, which restricted to two the number of MSS. that could be lent out, could not be relaxed. A letter was read from Professor Monier Williams thanking the Society for the presentation to the Indian Institute of a complete collec- tion of the Society’s publications. At the suggestion of the Philological Secretary, Moulvi Abdul Khair was authorized to undertake the Tarikh-i-Firoz Shahi (already sanc- tioned by Council) instead of the Tusak-i-Timuri, with which he could not proceed for want of Manuscripts. A proposal from Mr. G. A. Grierson to affiliate to the Society the Bihar Branch, which it was intended to establish in Patna, was agreed to. On the recommendation of the Natural History Committee, it was resolved that a copy of all the publications issued in connection with the International Fisheries Exhibition in South Kensington be purchased for the Society’s Library. An exchange of Journal, Part II, with the Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland was sanctioned. Dr. Rajendralala Mitra having rendered an account of the advances made to him up to date, a further advance of Rs. 800 was sanctioned. Babu Pratapa Chandra Ghosha was elected a Member of Council. October 30th. Ordinary Meeting. A letter from Mr. Rivett-Carnac, enclosing his paper on Sankissa with illustrative sketches, was ordered to be brought up early next year. A letter from Mr. F. Moore, expressing his thanks for his election as an Associate Member, was ordered to be read at the Society’s next Meeting. An exchange of the Society’s Journal, Part IJ, with the Bulletin of the Société Entomologique de Belgique was sanctioned. An estimate for printing 500 copies of a single Fasciculus of the Bibliotheca Indica for Rs. 154, paper included, from Babu Harish- chandra Kaviratna was accepted. 1885. ] Annual Report. 37 An exchange was sanctioned of the Society’s’'Proceedings and Journal, Part II, with the “ Boletin”’ and ‘‘ Actas ” of the Academia Na- cional de Ciencias of the Argentine Republic, and a similar exchange with the publications of the Natural History Museum of Hamburg. An exchange of the Society’s Journal, Part I, and Proceedings was offered with the ‘‘ Annales” of the Museé Guimet, Lyon. An exchange of the Society’s Proceedings with the Bulletin of the Société d’Htudes Scientifiques d’Angers was also sanctioned. The Philological Secretary reported that a silver coin received from Col. Clerk had been lost by a peon of Messrs. Newman and Co., who had been charged to prepare a wood-cut, and that they had been informed that they would be held responsible for the loss. A copy of the correspondence was sent to Col. Clerk, and Messrs. Newman were asked for an account of what had since transpired. An offer from Dr. Behari Lall Gupta to continue the translation of the “ Susruta,” which has been suspended by the death of Dr. Uday Churn Dutt, was accepted. The publication in the Bibliotheca Indica of a translation of the Tarikh-i-Tamini by Mr. L. White King was sanctioned. The Society’s Proceedings and Journal, Part II, were irdekoth to be sent to the Natural History Section of the British Museum, South Ken- sington, in addition to the copy sent to the Library in Bloomsbury. Mr. H. Beverley was elected a Member of Council. November 27th. Ordinary Meeting. Read an extract from the Proceedings of the Government of India in the Home Department, regarding alterations in the Treasure Trove Act. It was resolved that a list be kept in which members interested in numis- matic research may inscribe their names. The Editorship of the Prithiraj Rasau was at Dr. Hoernle’s request transferred to Pandit Gopal Sastri of Benares. Extracts from Major Macgregor’s ‘“‘ Notes on Akas and Akaland ” presented by the author were ordered to be read at the next meeting of the Society, and published in the Proceedings. Mr. H. B. Medlicott was elected a Member of Council. Mr. Bion’s resignation of his post of Assistant Secretary was recor- ded, and his application for a bonus on account of work done in compi- ling the Library Catalogue was ordered to be circulated to Council. An application from Mr. Duplessis for the post about to be vacant was ordered to be circulated to Council, with others that might be received. December 23rd. Ordinary Meeting. Read a letter from Mr. H. F. Blanford announcing his departure from India, and tendering his resignation ag President of the Society 38 Annual Report. [Frs., It was resolved that as his leave was for 3 months only, his post did not become vacant. The printing of the Ramanuja Bhashya by the Valmiki Press was sanctioned on the same terms as those agreed upon with the Girisa Vidyaratna Press. ) At the suggestion of Dr. R. L. Mitra, a yearly grant of about Rs. 200 was sanctioned from the O. P. Fund for the purchase of Sanskrit, Persian and Arabic publications. On a representation from the authors, an additional subscription of 2 guineas per copy of the ‘‘ Rhopalocera Malayana’”’ was sanctioned. A bonus of Rs. 600 was granted to Mr. Bion for his services in con- nexion with the Library Catalogue ; and the General Secretary was autho- rized to give him a Certificate expressing the Society’s satisfaction with his work. The selection of a fresh Assistant Secretary was at the same time left in the hands of the General Secretary. It was resolved to subscribe to one copy of the Rev. J. H. Knowles’ Dictionary of Kashmiri Proverbs and Sayings. A copy of Major Jarrett’s translation of the “ Tarikh-ul-Khulfa ” was ordered to be presented to the Madrassah Library. On a reference from the Secretary, it was ordered that the rule for submission to Council previously of the names of gentlemen proposed for Membership be observed in future. The List of Office-bearers and Members of Council for the ensuing year was prepared for circulation to Members of the Society in accor- dance with Rule 44. On the suggestion of the Secretary it was resolved that Lord Dufferin be asked to become the Patron of the Society. The Report having been read, the President invited the Meeting to put any questions or to offer any remarks which any Member might think necessary in connexion therewith. No remarks having been made, the President moved the adoption of the Report, and proposed a vote of thanks to the Honorary Secretaries and to the Honorary Treasurer for their exertions on behalf of the Society. The motion was unanimously carried. The PruesipENT announced that the Scrutineers reported the result of the election of Office-bearers and Members of Council to be as follows :— President. Dr. Rajendralala Mitra, C. I. E. 1885. ] Monthly Meeting. 39 Vice- Presidents. Hon. J. Gibbs, C. S., C. I. E. D. Waldie, Esq., F. C. S. H. F. Blanford, Esq., F. R. S. Secretaries and Treasurers. J. Wood-Mason, Esq. Dr. A. F. R. Hoernle. F. H. Pargiter, Esq., B. A., C. S. F. W. Peterson, Esq., F. C. S. Other Members of Counctt. Hon. J. Reynolds, B. A., C. S. H. B. Medlicott, Esq. J. Westland, Esq., C. S. Nawab Abdul Latif Khan Bahadur. Major J. Waterhouse. Alex. Pedler, Esq., F. C. S. C. H. Tawney, Esq., M. A. Babu Pratapa Chandra Ghosha. KH. F. T. Atkinson, Esq., B. A., C. S. Dr. Mahendralal Sarkar. | The following gentlemen were appointed Auditors to examine and report on the accounts of the past year : J. Westland, Esq., C. S. J.C. Douglas, Esq. The Meeting was then resolved into the Ordinary Monthly General Meeting. Hon. J. Gisss, C. S. I, in the Chair. The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. Twelve presentations were announced, details of which are given in the Library List appended. The following gentlemen, duly proposed and seconded at the last meeting, were ballotted for and elected Ordinary Members. 1. J. W. Oliver, Esq. 2. Babu Haraprasad Sastri, M. A. 3. Pandit Maheschandra Nyayaratna. 4. Raja Surya Kanta Chaudhuri Bahadur. The following gentlemen are candidates for election at the next meeting : 40 Inbrary. [Fus., 1. Syed Ali Bilgrani, B. A., A. R. S. M., F. G.S., proposed by J. Wood-Mason, Esq., seconded by T. H. Hughes, Esq. 2. Spencer Gore-Brown, Esq., proposed by H. F. T. Atkinson, Esq., seconded by C. H. Tawney, Hsq. 3. C. W. Bolton, Hsq., C. S., proposed by F. H. Pargiter, Esq., B. A., C. S., seconded by Major J. Waterhouse. 4. Mr. A. F. M. Abdur Rahman, proposed by D. Waldie, Esq., seconded by Hon. J. Gibbs. 7 5. Kumar Nil Krishna, proposed by Nawab Abdul Latif Khan Bahadur, seconded by Hon. J. Gibbs. 6. H. M. Rustomjee, Hsq., proposed by Dr. Rajendralala Mitra, seconded by Hon. J. Gibbs. | 7. Babu Rajkumar Sarbadhikari, proposed by Dr. Rajendralala Mitra, seconded by H. B. Medlicott, Esq. The Chairman reported that the Council had sanctioned the issue in Bibliotheca the Indica of the Prayaschitta portion of the Institutes of Parasara, to be edited by Babu Krishna Kamal Bhattacharjya. The following paper has been received and will be read at the next meeting. On the Kings of the Suffarian Dynasty of Nimron or Sijistan.—By Masor H. G. Raverry. PIBRARY. The following additions have been made to the Library since the meeting held in January last. J RANSACTIONS, PROCEEDINGS AND JOURNALS, presented by the respective Societies and Hditors. Amsterdam. Koninklijk Zoologisch Genootschap Natur Artis Magis- tra,—Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde, Part 10, No. 1. $<. §—————._ Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde, Vol. V, Part I. Baltimore. Johns Hopkins University,—American Journal of Philo- logy, Vol. V, No. 3. —<$———-, ——— ————————_-.._ Circulars, Vol. IV, No. 35. —_—_——-. Studies from the Biological Laboratory Vol. III, No. 2. Batavia. Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen,— Notulen, Vol. XXII, Parts 2 and 3. Tijdschrift, Vol. XXIX, Parts 5 and 6. eS Se oe ae eee See Ls 1885.] Library. 41 Berlin. Entomologische Verein,—Zeitschrift, Vol. XXVIII, No. 2. --. K. preuss, Akademie der Wissenschaften,—Sitzungsberichte, Nos. 18—39, 1844. Bombay. Indian Antiquary,—Vol. XIV, Part 166, January, 1885. Chicago. American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal,—Vol. VI, No. 6, November, 1884. Copenhagen. K. Nordiske Oldskrift-Selskab,—Aarboger, Part 3, 1884. Frankfurt. Senckenbergische Naturforschende Gesellschaft,—Abhand- lungen, Vol. XIII, No. 4. ; The Hague. Koninklijk Instituut voor de Taal-Landen Volkenkunde van Nederlandsch Indié,—Bijdragen, Vol. IX, No. 4. Hamilton. Hamilton Association,—Journal and Proceedings, Vol. I, Part I, 1882—1883. Lahore. Aujuman-i-Punjab,—Journal (English Section), Vol. V, Nos. 1—4. London. Academy,—Nos. 659—662. -. Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland,— Journal, Vol. XIV, No. 2, November, 1884. -—. Athenzeum,—Nos. 2982—2985. Geological Society,—Quarterly Journal, Vol. XL, Part 4, November, 1884. eee, List of Fellows, November Ist, 1884. —-—. Institution of Civil Hngineers,—Minutes of Proceedings, Vol. LXXVIII. —-—. Institution of Mechanical Engineers,—Proceedings, No. 3, August, 1884. —-—. Brief Subject-Index, Vols. LIX—LXXVIII. ——-—. Nature,—Vol. XXXI, Nos. 790—793. -—. Royal Institution of Great Britain,—Proceedings, Vol. X, Part 3. -. Zoological Society,—Proceedings, Part 3, 1884. Munich. Repertorium der Physik, Vol. XX, No. 12. Paris. Americana. Bulletin du Bouquiniste,—Series IV, No. 1. -. Journal Asiatique,—Vol. IV, (Series VIII), No. 2. ——--. Société de Géographie,—Bulletin, Vol. V. (Series VII), No. 4. —-,§ —§ ——__—_—_————.. Compte Rendu des Séances, Nos. 18 and 19, 1884. -. Société Géologique,—Bulletin, Vol. IX, No. 5. Philadelphia. Academy of Natural Sciences,—Proceedings, Vol. VIII, 1856 ; Part 2, May to October, 1884. Roorkee. Professional Papers on Indian Engineering, Vol. II (Series IIT), No. 8, December, 1884. St. Petersburgh. Comité Géologique,—Mémoires, Vol. I, No. 3. 42 Library. [Fes., St. Petersburgh. Comité Géologique. Proceedings, Vol. ITI, Nos. 6 and 7. —————--—. Horti Petropolitani,—Acta, Vols. VIII, No. 3; IX, No.2, Toronto. Canadian Institute,—Proceedings, Vol. II, No. 3, October, 1884. Washington. War Department, Army Signal Service,—Professional Papers, No. 14. Pooks AND’ PAMPHLETS, presented by the Authors and Publishers. Bonapartté, Prince Rouanp. Les Habitants de Suriname; notes re- cueillies a l’ Exposition Coloniale d’Amsterdam. Fol. Paris, 1884. Roy. P. C. Mahabharata, Part XIII, 8vo. Calcutta, 1885. MiscELLANEOUS PRESENTATIONS. Nederlandsch Nieuw Guinea Hn de Papoeshe Hilanden, by A. Haga from 1500—1883, 8vo. Batavia, 1884. BaTAvIAASCH GENOOTSCHAP VAN KunsTEN EN WETENSCHAPPEN. Report on the Administration of the Customs Department in the Bengal Presidency for the year 1883-84. Fep. Calcutta, 1884. Report on the External Trade of Bengal with Nepal, Sikkim and Bhu- tan for the year 1883-84. Fcp. Calcutta, 1884. Returns of the Rail-borne Traffic of Bengal during the quarter ending 30th September, 1884. Fep. Calcutta, 1884. BEencaL GOVERNMENT. Catalogue of Sanskrit Manuscripts in Mysore and Coorg, by Lewis Rice, M.R.A.S. 8vo. Bangalore, 1884. CHIEF COMMISSIONER, Coorc. Pacific Coast Pilot—Alaska, by W. H. Dall, Part I. 8vo. Washing ton, 1883. Rev. C. H. A. Die A set of 27 Photographs of the Caves of Ajunta. Fol. Bombay, 1884. ; Home DEPARTMENT. Annual Report of the Lunatic Asylums in the Madras Presidency for 1883-84. Fep. Madras, 1884. Annual Report of the Madras Medical College, Session 1883-84. Fcp. Madras, 1884. Mapras GovERNMENT. International Meteorological Observations, October 1883. 4to. Washing - ton, 1884: Monthly Weather Review, October, 1884. 4to. Washington, 1884. Merteor. Reporter TO THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA. Report on the Explorations in Great Tibet and Mongolia made by A. K, in 1879-82, by J. B. N, Hennessey. Fep. Dehra Dun, 1884. TrIGONOMETRICAL Survey oF Inpia. 1885. | Inbrary. 43 PERIODICALS PURCHASED. Allahabad. Punjab Notes and Queries,—Vol. II, No. 16, January, 1885. Berlin. Deutsche Litteraturzeitung,—Vol. V, Nos. 45—47. Calcutta. Indian Medical Gazette,—Vol. XX, No.1, January, 1885. Cassel. Botanisches Centralblatt,—Vol. XX, Nos. 5 and 6. Geneva. Archives des Sciences Physiques et Naturelles,—Vol. XII, No. 12. Giessen. Jahresbericht iiber die Fortschritte der Chemie,—Parts 4, 1882 ; 2, 1883. Leipzig. Annalen der Physik und Chemie,—Beiblatter, Vol. VIII, No. 12. Literatisches Centralblatt,—No. 46, 1884. Literatur-Blatt fiir Orientalische Philologie,—Vol. I, No. 12. London. Annals and Magazine of Natural History,—Vol. XIV (Series V), No. 84, December, 1884. -. Chemical News,—Vols. L, Nos. 1308 and 1309; LI, Nos. 1310 and 1311. -. Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine,—Vol. XXI, No. 247, December, 1884. -. London, Edinburgh and Dublin Philosophical Magazine,— Vol. XVIII (Series V), No. 115, December, 1884. -—. Nineteenth Century,—Vol. XVI, No. 94, December, 1884. ———--. Numismatic Chronicle,—Part 3, 1884. ———-. Publishers’ Circular,—Vol. LXVII, Nos. 1134 and 1135. -. Society of Arts,—Journal, Vol. XX XIII, Nos. 1674—1677. New Haven. American Journal of Science,—Vol. XXVIII (Series IIT), No. 167, November, 1884. Paris. Revue Critique,—Vol. XVIII, Nos. 46 and 47. -. Revue des Deux Mondes,—Vol. LXVI, No. 2. Vienna. Orientalische Museum,—Oesterreichische Monatsschrift fiir den Orient, Vol. X, No. 12. Pooks f URCHASED. Palxographical Society. Facsimiles of Ancient Manuscripts. Oriental Series. Part VIII. Fol. London, 1883. Report of H. M. S. ‘“ Challenger”? Zoology, Vol. X. 4to. London, 1885. Street, F. A. and Trempie, R. C.—Wide-Awake Stories,—a collection of Tales told by little children, between sunrise and sunset, in the Pun- jab and Kashmir. 8vo. Bombay, 1884. Temper, Carty. R.C. Legends of the Punjab, No. 17. 8vo. Bombay, 1884. : AN ; / i oe x, Vl ee Oe ay a % i | - ays ; pees bth ot Sy rome 3 3 ae h ee it aa wy ‘) ar thal te ej it i Wohin | wx LN nalortts?, CO NOR PIR TAT. up ; ae io ee. tad EET ERO RIE SE OE IN HSS ab a yg Ce ie. Dan): Wat), rob, goth dy bi ‘S8RE OD Of Find eae) wuilensacaiae : x Tt on ob To Wor atte lohaee aitoaits fruit delbaticroth he Piet Vix mers fet lenin +6 aisigolt” haa eae ; . POSE iddistaootk ae Ore OIE BOs: id 100 Kei S68 bo cs Hla are Loot io | ove cov. ee ily oe shiaes ald atte it pee oll - a : . haar OR FTE EZ. Dy t= ap ee oe 2 ; . 7" ty rt ¥ a, Ot ale aye’ ate. Sey . * re ya ae : Tee ernvem cuolk ofaalilsivecatng rode, * sapetie | eae - : . om ‘ ps ide ; ie ‘ : , ot ' a ery . ct ; te aN oo AY Sp er tune et ' 2 % We J pa t7 ' a ‘) Le Gy . ) € Nuke p*3, : rary Lae! a= , ‘ . favagsd): ate, hieviiteds VaGIoeA a ake tary fis mst ot ca obniod lat. be eee $ Mel + be : r yy “a , ane srekreuk ae oe Py: ehh ay A achat Fe on MG ecstacy Fi Be | 19 HTL ep fire Bi crete uA WA 34h avec ih S49 bee ot GE rs oe Pt aa soe BE iw be SPENE a ye RET Tad 4-3 he JX Ger ee t ee a hee ee tebe ET ash sets. me; re wis Ph a an ¥ biely ee ‘ hf 7 . oe eR CTE OT Ore Baek: ASE oil io Abi his 8 eae PROCEEDINGS OF THE + ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, for Marcu, 1885. S$ SS Se The Monthly General Meeting of the Asiatic Society of Bengal was held on Wednesday, the 4th March, 1885, at 9 p. M. Dr. RdsenpraLsia Mirra, ¢. 1. &., President, in the Chair. The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. Twenty-two presentations were announced, as detailed in the Library List appended. The following gentlemen, proposed and seconded at the last meeting, were balloted for and elected Ordinary Members : Syad Ali Bilgrami, B. A., A. B.S. M., F. G. 8. Spencer Gore-Brown, Esq. C. W. Bolton, Esq., C. S. Mr. A. F. M. Abdur Rahman. Kumar Nilakrishna. H. M. Rustomjee, Esq. Babu Rajakumar Sarvadhikari. a eee ee The following gentlemen are candidates for election at the next meeting :— 1. Kumar Saratchandra Singh, proposed by Nawab Abdul Latif, Khan Bahadur, seconded by B. L. Gupta, Hsq. 2. J. W. Chambers, Hsq., proposed by R. R. Bayne, Hsq., seconded by F. W. Peterson, Esq. 3. Babu Yadundth Sen, proposed by Babu Pratapachandra Ghosha, seconded by Dr. Mahendralal Sarkar. 4. Babu Yogendranath Mallik, proposed by Babu Pratapachandra Ghosha, seconded by Dr. Mahendralal Sarkar. 46 Candidates for Hlection. [ Maron, 5. H. Martyn Clark, Esq., M. B., proposed by C. J. Rodgers, Esq., seconded by F. H. Pargiter, Esq. 6. Babu Narendranath Sen, proposed by Dr. Rajendralala Mitra, seconded by Babu Pratapachandra Ghosha. 7. Maulvi Syad Mahdi Ali, Nawaz Jang Bahadur (of Hyderabad), — proposed by Nawab Abdul Latif, Khin Bahadur, seconded by C. H. Tawney, Hsq., M. A. The following gentleman has intimated his wish to withdraw from the Society : Rai Sohan Lall. The SECRETARY announced the death of Babu Adharlal Sen, an Ordinary Member of the Society. The CHarrMAn reported that Mr. J. Low, and Lt.-Col. J. G. Forbes were largely in arrears of subscription, and though registered letters had been sent to them in accordance with Rule 37, no notice had been taken of them. Their names would therefore be suspended for a month as defaulters in the Society’s Meeting-room, and unless the sums due were paid in the meantime, they will be declared removed from the Society’s Member List at the next meeting. In accordance with Rule 38, this fact ~ will be notified in the Proceedings. The Srcoretary reported that Mr. Baden Henry Baden-Powell had remitted a compounding fee in payment of all his future subscriptions. The Srcrptary read the names of the following gentlemen who had been appointed by the Council to serve on the several Committees during the current year. Finance ComMMIrres. H. B. Medlicott, Esq. Alex. Pedler, Esq. J. C. Douglas, Esq. E. F. T. Atkinson, Esq. Major J. Waterhouse. Liprary ComMitren. H. F. Blanford, Esq. H. B. Medlicott, sq. Dr. D. Waldie. Major J. Waterhouse. C. H. Tawney, Esq. 1885.] Nomination of Committees. Dr. Mahendralal Sarkar. D. D. Cunningham, Esq. Babu Prannath Pandit. Babu Pratépachandra Ghosha. E. F. T. Atkinson, Esq. A. Pedler, Esq. PHILOLOGICAL COMMITTER. Nawab Abdul Latif, Khan Bahadur. Rev. K. M. Banerjea. J. Beames, Esq. ¥. S. Growse, Esq. Dr. G. Thibaut. C. J. Lyall, Esq. G. A. Grierson, Esq. C. H. Tawney, Esq. Syad Ahmad, Khan Bahadur, Col. A. C. Toker. J. Boxwell, Esq. Moulvi Khudabaksh Khan. Col. H. S. Jarrett. Pandit Mahesachandra Nyayaratna. Babu Haraprasada Sistri. Babu Pratapachandra Ghosha. NaturaL History ComMMITrEr. H. B. Medlicott, Esq. Dr. G. King. A. O. Hume, Esq. S. HE. Peal, Esq. Dr. D. D. Cunningham. R. D. Oldham, Esq. L. de Nicéville, Esq. HK. F, T. Atkinson, Esq. Babu P. N. Bose. Dr. Mahendralal Sarkar. Dr. J. Scully. PuysicaL Science COMMITTEE. H. F. Blanford, Esq. H. B. Medlicott, Esq. Dr. D. Waldie. Major J. Waterhouse. 48 Bressa Prize. ; | Marcu, Alex. Pedler, Esq. Rev. Father KE. Lafont. Dr. Mahendralal Sarkar. Corn Commirreg. Hon. J. Gibbs. Major Genl. A. Cunningham. J. H. Rivett-Carnac, Esq. Major W. F. Prideaux. C. J. Rodgers, Esq. V. A. Smith, Esq. History anp ArcHmotogy Oommirrss. Hon. J. Gibbs. Major General A. Cunningham. R. R. Bayne, Hsq. J. Beames, Hsq. Babu Pratapachandra Ghosha. ¥. 8. Growse, Esq. Babu Prannath Pandit. J. H. Rivett-Carnac, Hsq. Captain R C. Temple. Amir Ali, Esq. H. F. T. Atkinson, Esq. The Srcretary read the following circular letter from the Royal Academy of Sciences, Turin, offering for competition the Bressa Prize of the value of 12,000 Italian Lire. “The Royal Academy of Sciences of Turin, in accordance with the last will and testament of Dr. Cesare Alessandro Bressa and in con- formity with the Programme published December 7th, 1876, announces that the term for competition for scientific works and discoveries made in the four previous years 1881-84, to which only Italian authors and inventors were entitled, was closed on December 31st, 1884. “The Academy now gives notice that from the lst of January, 1883 the new term for competition for the fifth Bressa Prize hag begun, to which, according to the testator’s will, scientific men and inventors of all nations will be admitted. A prize will therefore be given to the scientific author or inventor, whatever be his nationality, who during the years 1883-86 “according to the judgment of the Royal Academy ‘of Sciences of Turin, shall have made the most important and useful “discovery, or published the most valuable work on physical and ex- “‘ perimental Science, Natural History, Mathematics, Chemistry, Phy- 1885.] Dr. R. Mitra—On a Copper Plate Inseription from Dacca. 49 *‘siology and Pathology, as well as Geology, History, Geography and *' Statistics.”’ ‘“The term will be closed at the end of December 1886. ‘The value of the prize amounts to 12,000 Italian Lire. ‘The prize will in no case be given to any of the National Members of the Academy of Turin, resident or non-resident. A. FABRETTI, The President of the R. Academy.” Turin, January 1st, 1885. Read a letter from the Magistrate of Patna forwarding for presen- tation to the Society a couple of old Buddhist Coins which the owner has presented to Government for this purpose and wishes the Govern- ment to be considered as the donor. The CuairmAN reported that the Council had sanctioned the publica- tion in the Bibliotheca Indica of the whole of the Institutes of Pardéara, instead of only the Prayaschitta section of it as previously sanctioned. The CHairMan exhibited a copper-plate inscription forwarded to him by Babu Nilakantha Mazumdar, of Dacca, and referred to the pecu- liarities of certain dates in it. Dr. Mirra remarked that the plate had been found, several feet under the earth, at Ashrafpur, Station Raipur, Zillah Dacca, when level- ling a mound in the neighbourhood of a tank, and is now the property of Babu Pratapachandra Banerji of that place. It measures 10” x 67-5, and is encrusted on each side with a uniform layer of verdigris. The edges are much corroded, and the letters near them have become illegible. In the middle of the plate, the letters are, however, clear, and they show the record to be a muniment of the grant of one or more plots of land by one Deva Khadga, which is apparently a poetical inversion of Khadgadeva. The donees were Buddhists, who had charge of a Vihara or monastery, to the support of which the proceeds of the land were to be applied. The donor was also of the same persua- sion, though the legend on his seal isa couchant bull. The mention of a vihara is of some importance, as affording a trace of the existence of Buddhism in the eastern districts at an early period. The name on the seal is not legible. Owing to the illegibility of the beginning and end of every line, it is impossible to produce a connected translation of the whole record, but a tentative reading, prepared by Pandit Kamakhydnath Tarkaratna, of the Caleutta Sanskrit College, was submitted, 50 Dr. R. Mitra—On a Copper Plate Inscription from Dacca. | MarcH, The most important part of the record is the date. Its letters and figures are perfectly clear in their outlines, and there is no reason to doubt the correctness of the reading (see Plate II). The first two letters of the date (in line 15) are unmistakably Samva, an abbreviation of Samvat. Then follow three figures of which the last is unquestionably a Nagari 3, and the first may be accepted either asa 7,ora9. Its exact counterpart had — nowhere been seen. It makes some approach to a modern Bengali 7, and also to the Valabhi 9, but to no other figure of any of the different ancient Indian systems of numerals known tous. Dr. Mitra took it for 7. The second figure has been often met with in ancient records, and has been ac- cepted by all the later antiquarians and epigraphists to be a symbol for 100. It is formed of two arched lines joined to each other by their nearest legs by a slight curvature, and the off leg of the right hand circle drawn downwards in a line and terminating in a spur projecting forward. In ancient inscrip- tions these details are not constant. In Prinsep’s facsimiles, as given in Mr. Thomas’ edition of his essays, the juncture of the two arches is indi- cated by a point, but in the Indian Antiquary, Vol. XI, p. 270, the slight curvature is clear. The line in front is sometimes straight and some- times curved, and the spur is not constant. Indian Antiquary, VI, p. 45. On one occasion Prinsep took the curved figure without a spur for 300. It is obvious, however, that the several variants are intended for the same primary type, and the variations are due to copyists’ peculiarities. There is no valid reason to show that the figure on the copper-plate under notice is other than what have been noticed by Prinsep and others. Dr. Biihler takes the arched figure to be the ancient Indian § as the initial of Sata, a hundred, and the spur at foot the vowel-mark u. After this group of three figures, occurs the word vaisékha, the name of the first month of the Indian year. The next is the syllable di, the initial of divasa a day, and it is followed by two figures, which are counterparts of the second and the third figures of the first group, and this leaves no room for any centenary value being attached to the second figure of the first group. It would be absurd to suppose that the month Vaisakha included 103 days, and the idea must, therefore, be at once abandoned. The symbol must be taken as a numeral of a decimal system, and to ascertain its value the indication of the last figure is the only available guide. It is well-known that no Indian month has ever been made to comprehend more than 32 days, and, the last figure being an unavoidable and unquestionable 3, the preceding one must be 1 or 2, having the value, by its decimal position, of 10 or 20, 2. e., the date was either the 13th or the 23rd of the month named. To take it as a 3, as Prinsep once imagined, would be to make the month extend to 33 days, and to make two dissimilar figures do duty for the same value. In se ca Proceedings, As. ‘Soc. for 1885. pe ee se <7 PLATE IL. oo sea Ablaihs aC: pert RAEN : STARA. 5) TFRMHZINTR AQUA VaR L AATRATAN TPARBAGTENS SRE Rays i | PARADA THY SV BYTU IG WTAUALAE | ARTAWAMAUSAHLM MTTARASH TOG FLAG HA MRSA AAMT ATA AG HORT T LATA CLAS ATH TZ) RA ARS We RA UACELTER DOL RAIN g BAIT NIMH YH AU TAT AACA F OE You pases TERS RAGA AWG HLTA WH MAYAN? taagy SPERM CLOAT. yan a QAAN TANYA AGE AU ANE as eas HA UIRGIMYA yr gap MS AQ ~TUMe PARAL WEITZ ENA ATRIA PORTR ayete U REPAIR RL, AAAS ATR GAMA eA PHOTOZINOOGRAPHED AT THE SURVEY OF INDIA OFFICES, OALOUTTA, May 1885. FACSIMILE OF A COPPER-PLATE INSCRIPTION FROM DACCA. ee ee 1885.] Dr. R. Mitra—On a Copper Plate Inscription from Dacca. 51 some ancient inscriptions the figure is shown with one or two spurs in front, and the words preceding them show that, so altered, the symbol stood for 200 or 300. As it occurs without a spur in the ‘record under notice, it must be one, and the date must be read Samvat 713, Vaisa- kha 13. The year given would make the record correspond with the Christian year 771, and this would not be inconsistent with the style of the letters. The proposed value of the figure, however, if accepted to be correct, and it is difficult to get out of the inference, would neces- sitate at least a thorough re-examination and a possible recasting of much of what has been already written by antiquarians on the subject, particularly with reference to the origin of Indian numerals. This was, however, a large and very comprehensive question, and Dr. Mitra did not think it expedient to notice it in the course of casual remarks on a single record. Transcript of a Copper-plate Inscription from Dacca. QI Sal HyAsgrefatquadna(@earATTqety waa fy¥— Ri tHe ealsy | saEtufafanentemeaiuaifaaniedis: -+ + 1 WeWWanawaeaeem wifataat: | + +a acer Q | ACSA AAA UAH IUATHYASACAT + LITA USAT — a | ARHIITIUTS Raa waaens TTA Fey — q | tteaen NA) swig 9 HTMAAQIIMAITTAT TST —— OQ | — Gand SHAW TW fs Biya Teal Bay Ta — a | — Alaa Naat yaa aentiautety: qyara— ¢ | Hae freaTEIatas ar Vasa ape a frat — Qo | _Tlamalaaesyqenain sliwafanrai wae | = Aiwa angiaiyany wyyanfsearedt Kefera sfrat — Qe age vag Ud QNRIUyATITIIIATY VETUSTy— a IU GaVayaypaans at— Qa | aitfaeit erage (2) dagaiad afguaquyaife -——— Qa | fanaafafa oar one amraie ya cay af |——_— 4 ee (M) Sifaqauaraeifwarawerafifa — ot ~ ° =~ Qo | ag Silage: wHTT: GaTTSAIA | Fa AIST TCIT: tS | RA AAMVH TANIA TAILS ae Dr. Horrntz remarked that he had not seen the copper-plate, but, to judge from the figures as drawn on the black-board, there appeared 52 Exhibition of a 100 gold-mohur piece of Awrangzib. [ Marcu, to be not inconsiderable difference between the shapes of the two symbols in question. But what seemed to him of more importance was, that, even if there should be a close resemblance between them, no such conclusion as that suggested by the President could be drawn from it, because the figures on the plate, as explained by Dr. Mitra, evidently belonged to the decimal system of notation, whereas the symbol which hitherto has been accepted by all archeologists as signifying 100, belonged to an entirely different system. Moreover the latter had been principally observed in use in Western India, while the present plate was from the extreme Hast, and it did not follow that an apparently similar numeral figure used in both places necessarily possessed the same signification. He did not, therefore, think the evidence now put before them was sufficient to discredit the theory at present generally accepted. Dr. Mirra replied that he did not then mean to contest Prinsep’s and Dr. Biihler’s reading of the symbol, but he brought to notice the fact that their reading was inadmissible in the present case, and if the present reading be right, considerable changes will have to be made in all former readings. The Hon. J. Grpss, 0. 8. 1. exhibited a 100 gold-mohur piece of the Emperor Aurangzib, which had been sent for that purpose by H. H. Maharajah Scindia (see Plate IIT), and said I have the pleasure of exhibiting to the Society a 100 gold-mohur piece of the Emperor Aurangzib which I am enabled to do through the kindness of H. H. the Maharajah Scindiah, to whom it belongs. It is the piece I mentioned in my note in the Proceedings of this Society for July 1883, and of which I subsequently gave a plaster cast taken from a paper impression. The coin was in the possession of a well-known banker at Benares who presented it to its present owner. I have been for some years trying to trace it, and only about six weeks ago heard accidentally from a native friend who was calling on me, what had become of it. I at once wrote to Col. Bannerman, the Political Resident at the Maharajah’s Court, and he kindly procured it from the Durbar to enable the Society to have the opportunity of seeing so curious a piece, and I think we should not fail to communicate our thanks to H. H. the Maharajah Scindiah for the treat he has afforded us. The coin is 4 inches in diameter and j in. in thickness, and its weight is 35 oz. 4 dwts. The inscription is as follows : Obverse. Square centre. Nivr-ud-din Abul Zafar Muhammad Aurangzib Alamgir Bahadur Badshah Ghazi, 1083, A. H. Proceedings As, Soc. Bengal, 1885, vHVERSE, pe ee TT a aaa met ecg in a, 7 Photo-Collotype. Survey of India Offices, Calcutta, June 1885. 100 GOLD-MOHUR PIECE, Struck by the Emperor Aurangzib, A.D. 1673 (1083 A.H.) ee ee ee Se CU. BY IC eee 1885. ] Hehibition of Coins from the Panjab. 53 Margin. He from the hand of whose generosity the clouds receive . water. The world-conquering king, the sea of gene- rosity, Aurangzib. The face of gold becomes resplen- dent like the faces of the moon and sun, from the light of his coin in the vast plain of Hindustan. Reverse. Square centre. Struck in the auspicious year of accession 15, in the home of the Kalifat Shah—Jehanabad. Margin. The emperor Aurangzib, conqueror of the world as pow- erful as Heaven, as wise as fate. The face of gold from the light of his coin became resplendent like the shining sun. The PuiLoLocicaL Sucretary exhibited ten coins forwarded by Mr. Rivett-Carnac, and read the following extract from his letter accom- panying the coins : “I send for the inspection of the Society some coins obtained from the Panjab which appear to me to be of rare, if not unknown, types. Ten coins (among them) are thick and lumpy. The metal would seem to be a mixture of copper and silver. On one side representations of a figure—very rough—on the othera Bullor Elephant. Traces of letters are to be found on both sides.” Dr. HorerRNLE remarked that he did not recognize the coins, nor had he been able to make anything of the so-called letters on them. But what had struck him was a curious resemblance between these coins and the square piece of silver which had been sent some time ago by Col. Clerk and exhibited at a previous meeting of the Society (see Proc. for August 1884, page 128). That piece had met with general suspi- cion as to its being a genuine coin; and it was probable that the pieces of metal now before them were of the same character. In connection with this subject, Dr. Hoernle added, he might mention to the meeting, that he had seen a letter from Col. Clerk, dated 9th February last, in which he communicated to the Society, that the letters on the oblong piece of silver, which had been recognized by Mr. Beames and Col. Prideaux to be some form of Semitic (see Proc. for January 1885 pp. 2 and 3) were declared by Mr. Thompson of the British Museum to be Sclavonic. He read them as follows, commencing at the further end from the ram’s head : th, n, the sign sofr, b, kh. The Hon. Mr. Gipss remarked about the coins now exhibited that he suspected they were spurious, and had been manufactured by persons at Rawal Pindi, who, as he had mentioned on a former occasion, made it a business to manufacture spurious relics and antiquities. 54 Col. H.G. Raverty—Kings of the Suffurian dynasty of Nimroz. [Marcn, . The following papers were read : 1. On the Kings of the Suffarian dynasty of Nimroz or Sigustan.—By Cou. H. G. Raverry. (Abstract,) In this paper, Colonel Raverty refers to a Note on “ Some Coins from Candahar ” by Mr. J. C. Rodgers, published in the April No. of the Society’s Proceedings and considers the theory therein propounded by Mr. Rodgers as an erroneous one to go upon. This he shows by a reference to his (Colonel Raverty’s) translation of the Tabaqdt i Nasiri in which, he says, will not only be found an account of the ten last rulers of Nimroz or Sigistan but also of the preceding eight, besides other information respecting the Suffarian dynasty. Colonel Raverty then gives a list of these eighteen kings, the years of their reign and the relationship existing between them; and concludes by explaining how Mangt Khan came to put the Kalimah on his coins. The paper will be published in Journal, Part I for 1885. 2. Notes on Indian Rhynchota; No. 2, Homoptera.—By H. F. T. Arxinson, Hsq., M. A., C. S. (Abstract.) This paper is a further instalment of the author’s notes on Rhynchota, of which the first was printed in abstract in the Proceedings for December last. The present list comprises 45 species distributed as follows amongst the following genera: Cosmocarta 19, Phymatostetha 11, Callitettiz 3, Ptyelus 5, Aphrophora 1, Cloria 2, Carystus 1 and Macherota 3. In addition to the above, 10 apparently new species of the genera Phymatostetha and Cosmocarta, contained in the collection of the Indian Museum, will be described in a separate paper hereafter. The paper will be published in Journal, Part IT for 1885. 3. Note on the Tristubh Metre of the Rig Veda and its likeness to some classical metres—By J. Boxwnut, Hsq., C. S. (Abstract. ) In Mr. Boxwell’s opinion, the Vedic Trishtubh or the earliest of Hendecasyllabic metres yields, on analysis, interesting results and discloses curious affinities to others of the same group. For the pur- pose of scansion he would divide the Trishtubh into an initial and final quadrisyllable and a medial trysyllable, and shows that the typical trish- tubh is thus seen to be x —Y — | —|]|¥ Y¥ | —Y¥ — x ||| or e combination of Alcaic opening with Sapphic close, a line of great a 1835.] Library. 3 $5 sweetness and dignity. He gives several instances from the Rig Veda and appears inclined to think that both Shakespere’s iambics and Dante’s heroics contain many veritable trishtubhs. He concludes by giving a translation into Latin of two fine odes from the 3rd and 10th books of - the Rig Veda, one into Sapphics, the other into its native metre in a latin dress. The paper will be published in Journal, Part I for 1885. 4, Description of some new Indian Rhopalocera.—By Lioneu DE Nice‘VILLE. ; The paper will be published in Journal, for Part II of 1885. PIBRARY. The following additions heve been made to the Library since the Meeting held in February last. 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The Monthly General Meeting of the Asiatic Sail of Bengal was held on Wednesday, the lst April, 1885, at 9°15.p. M. D. Watpir, Esa, F. C. S., in the Chair. The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. Fifteen presentations were announced, as mentioned in the append- ed Library List. The following gentlemen proposed and seconded at the last meeting were ballotted for and elected. Ordinary Members : . Kumar Sarat Chunder Singh. J. W. Chambers, Esq. Babu Yadunath Sen. Babu Yagendranath Mallick, H. Martyn Clark, Esq. Babu Narendranath Sen. Maulavi Syad Mahdi Ali Nawaz Jung Bahadur. SS Se eee The following gentlemen are candidates for election at the next meeting :— 1. Monsieur Ivan Verdeau, proposed by Babu Pratapachandra Ghosha, seconded by Babu Kedarnath Dutt. - 2. Hon. Kumar Baikuntonath De, proposed by Dr. Rajendralala Mitra, seconded by F. H. Pargiter, Esq.. The following gentlemen have intimated their wish to withdraw from the Society : Rev. K. M. Banerji. Col. H. C. Macnair. 62 C. J. Rodgers—Syuare Silver Kashmir Coins. [ ApRit, Mr. Staley who was elected at the meeting in January has declined the membership. The CHAIRMAN announced that, in accordance with Rules 37 and 38 of the Society’s Bye Laws, the names of the following gentlemen had been posted up as defaulting members since the last monthly General Meeting and would now be removed from the list of Members, and the fact published in the Proceedings : Mr. J. Low. Lt.-Col. J. G. Forbes. The Crarrman reported that the Council had appointed Mr. H. F. Blanford a Trustee of the Indian Museum, on behalf of the Society, in the place of Major J. Waterhouse, who had been elected a Trustee on behalf of the Museum. The Cuarrman reported, for the approval of the meeting, that the Council had appointed the Hon’ble H. J. Reynolds a Vice-President of the Society in the place of the Hon’ble J. Gibbs who had left India; and Mr. A. Simson a member of Council in Mr. Reynolds’ place. Approved unanimously. Read the following letter from Mr. F. Moore: With reference to your query anent- the continuation of the “ De- scription of Lepidoptera collected by Atkinson” all I can at present say is, that I have obtained from Dr. Standingen of Dresden (to whom the collection belongs) the whole of the remaining portions of the moths, contained in 8 boxes closely packed, comprising the Pyralide, Geometri- de, Tortrieude, and Tineide. I have worked up most of the named species, but I doubt much whether I shall be able to complete the wozk before next year. The following papers were read— 1. The Square Silver coins of the Sultans of Kashmir.—Ry Cuaruns J. Ropers, Principal, Normal College, Amritsar. (Abstract.) This paper is a long and interesting account of the square silver coins of Kashmir and of the sovereigns in whose reigns they were struck. It gives a description of 40 coins, beginning with those of Shams-ud-din dated A. H. 715 down to those of Yakub Shah dated A. H. 992. There are also a few coins struck by Akbar before he had conquered the province and after the conquest of the country. This paper, with three plates, will be published in the Journal, Part I. 1885. ] Cyrtophium calamicola and Sikkim butterflies. 63 2. Zoological Notes from H. M.’s Indian Marine Survey Steamer. “ In- vestigator,” Commander Alfred Carpenter, R. N., Commanding. No. 1, —On the Structure and habits of Cyrtophium calamicola, a new tubi- colous Amphipod from the Bay of Bengal.—By G. M. Giuss, M. B., Surgeon Naturalist. This paper is a description of a new Amphipod Crustacean common- ly taken in the surface net about the Palmyra shoal and mouth of the Dhamra river on the Orissa coast. It comes under notice as a body moving with tolerable activity, in appearance like a morsel of drift wood. On closer examination, the four antenne of a minute Crustacean are seen to protrude from one end; they are the locomotor organs of the creature and serve to propel it through the water. A still closer ex- amination shewed the ampiphed to belong to the Subdivision Donuecola, Family Carophiide, Genus Cyrtophium. The tube, inhabited by this little creature, is considerably longer than the body it shelters, and is of a deep golden brown, irregularly banded by zones of darker and lighter tint, varying from a fine golden yellow through a warm brown to black. These tubes vary in size from 5 to 10 millimetres long by 0°5 to 1 millimetre wide, and are nearly cylin- drical. The material consists of coarse and nearly opaque fibres, shewing no structure and presenting the appearance of a hardened secretion. The author goes on to give a very interesting account of the habits of this amphipod, the manner in which it repairs its dwelling and the material of which the dwelling is composed. The paper, which is illustrated by an admirable plate, will be published in full in the Journal, Part II, of 1885. 3. Lourth List of Butierflies taken in Sikkim in October 1884.—By L. DE NICEVILLE. (Abstract.) Tn this paper 29 new species of Ihopalocera taken in the neighbour- hood of Darjeeling in the month of October are enumerated, bringing up the total number recorded to 313. With a few exceptions, they were all taken at low elevations, principally on the road leading to the Rungit Valley. This paper will be published in the Journal, Part IT. The following paper has been received and will be read at the next meeting— Observations of the Solar Thermometer at Lucknow.—By 8. A. Hut, B.S. C., A. R. S. M., Meteorological Reporter for the North-West Provinces and Oudh. 64 Library. [ Aprit, PIBRARY. The following additions have been made to the Library since the — Meeting held in March last. J RANSACTIONS, PROCEEDINGS AND JOURNALS, presented by the respective Societies and Editors. Amsterdam. Koninklijk Zoologisch Genootschap natura Artis Magis- tra,—Bijdragentot de Dierkunde, Part IT, No. 11. Baltimore. 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PROCEEDINGS OF THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, FOR May, 1885. The Monthly General Meeting of the Asiatic Society of Bengal was held on Wednesday, the 6th May, 1885, at 9.15 p. mu. D. Watpiz, Hsq., F. C. 8. in the Chair. The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. Seventeen presentations were announced, as mentioned in the appended Library List. The following gentlemen, proposed and seconded at the last meeting, were balloted for and elected Ordinary Members : 1. Monsieur Ivan Verdeau. 2. Hon. Kumar Baikuntanath Dé. The following gentleman is a candidate for election at the next meeting :— Mahomed Naemullah, Deputy Magistrate of Bulundshahr, propose d by Major J. Waterhouse, seconded by Dr. R. L. Mitra. The following gentlemen have intimated their wish to withdraw from the Society : 1. Mr. E. V. Westmacott. 2. Mr. W. RB. H. Merk. 3. Maulavi Fateh Ali. The following letters were read : 1. From Mr. J. W. Chambers forwarding two volumes of Storm Pamphlets collected by the late Henry Piddington, and requesting the Society’s acceptance of them for the Library. 70 New publications sanctioned. [ May, 2. From Secretary to Government, N. W. Provinces and Oudh, forwarding a parcel containing 204 coins found in the Fatehgarh district. The PuinontocicaL Secretary reported that these were all coms of Maizz-ud-din Muhammad ben Sam, who conquered India, and that they were all struck in India. Obverse: Horseman with an indistinct Persian inscription, probably o+=* Mahommad. Reverse: Bull with a Hindi in- scription #yaeae ata Shri Muhammad Sami. Their date is about 1192 A. D. They are described by Thomas in his Pathan kings of Delhi, p. 16. They are very common and of no particular value. The Society is amply provided and the coins are available for purchase. The Prestpent reported that the Council had sanctioned the pub- lication of the following works in the Bibliotheca Indica, viz. :— Jnata Dharma Sutra. Upasaka Dasa Sutra. Bipaka Sutra. Saddharma Pundarika. Ashtasahasrika, to be edited by Dr. Mitra. Kurma Purana, to be edited by Pundit Nilmony Mukerji. Varaha Purana, by Pundit Hrishikes Sastri. to be edited by Dr. Hoernle. SI OUR 0 The Presiprent further reported that Major Waterhouse had been appointed General Secretary temporarily during the absence of Mr. Pargiter; and that Mr. J. Beames had been elected a Member of Council, and had consented to act as Philological Secretary during the absence of Dr. Hoernle. Also that Mr. E. F. T. Atkinson had been appointed Auditor for the Annual Accounts of 1884, in place of Mr. Westland. The NaturaL History Sscrerary (Mr. Woop-Mason) exhibited spe- cimens of two species of Nephropsis, a blind genus of Macrurous Crustacea belonging to the family Homaridae, and made the following remarks :— The members of the Society will be glad to hear that the Govern- ment has commenced to fulfil its promise, made to this Society many years ago, to carry out a systematic exploration of the depths of the Indian Seas in connexion with a contemplated survey of the Coasts, and that during the past season some deep-sea dredging has been done on board H. M.’s Indian Marine Survey Steamer ‘ Investigator.’ During the earlier part of the season, dredging was carried out at two stations on opposite sides of the Bay of Bengal—off Kyouk Phyoo in 272 iad 1885. ] J. Wood-Mason—Two species of Nephropsis. 71 fathoms, and off False Point in 202 fathoms, and from these moderate depths interesting collections of objects, consisting chiefly of Fishes and Crustaceans, were brought up in the trawl. These collections were made over to me in March last by Dr. Giles, the Naturalist to the Survey, for determination and description. They include several characteristic genera of deep sea animals, e. g., Macrurus, amongst Fishes, and Ne- phropsis, Rhacocaris, Orophorhynchus, Munidopsis, etc., amongst Crus- taceans, and several novelties, notably three remarkable fishes belong- ing to the Hels. Later in the season, after the vessel had been refitted at Calcutta, “‘ the Swatch of no ground” was explored, and, from depths ranging from 285 to 409 fathoms, most interesting collections of animals were brought up consisting of similar types of Fishes and Crustaceans, with the addition of a few Mollusks, amongst which may be mentioned a very large Nucula marked with close-set V-shaped ridges as in the Japanese Nucula mirabilis, and more novelties. The physical characters of the sea-bed, which is described by Dr. Giles as a green ooze with dead pteropod shells abundantly disseminated through it, the temperature of the water at the greatest depth reached by the dredge, which is stated to have been 47° Fahr., and the occurrence of a characteristic deep sea fauna, in the depths of the Swatch prove that this depression of the sea- bed, which is chiefly remarkable on account of its close proximity to the shoals at the mouths of the Ganges and Brahmaputra, is, as was long ago suggested by Sir Charles Lyell, a part of the original basin of the Bay of Bengal. I exhibit specimens of the Nephropsis obtained at the three stations above-mentioned ; from Station No. 1, Lat. 20°17’ 30” N., Long. 88° 50’ E., off False Point, a large series of both sexes was obtained in 202 fathoms with a bottom temp. of 52° F.; from Station No. 2 in Lat. 19° 35’ N., Long. 92° 24’ H., off Kyouk Phyoo, on the opposite side of the Bay, a single one was fished up from 272 fathoms with a bottom temperature of 50° Fahr. ; and from Station No. 3, in the Swatch, in Lat. 20° 49’ N., Long. 89° 8 Hi., one male from 409 fathoms with a temperature of 47° Fahr. All the specimens from Stations 1 and 2 are of the same species ; they differ in colour (which is old ivory-white with orange red mark- ings), in the consistence of the integument of the branchiostegal por- tions of the carapace in the female (which are soft and papery), in the form and proportions of the rostrum (which is shorter and lanceolate at the extremity), and in other respécts from the one obtained at Station No. 3, which is without doubt the male of the species (N. Stewarti) dredged by me at about the same depth in the Andaman Sea in 1872, agreeing therewith in the firmly chitinized integument of the carapace in both sexes, in the form of the cervical 72 S. A. Hill—Solar Thermometric Observations. [ May, suture, of the median thoracic portion of the cephalothorax, and of the rostrum, which gradually tapers to a longer point, andin colour, which is throughout a brilliant scarlet-lake. I propose to call the new species clothed in a white uniform with red facings, N. carpenteri, after the commander of the vessel. Full comparative descriptions of the two species, together with an account of the structure of the respiratory organs and of the larvae, which leave the huge egg, in a condition closely resembling fig. H. of S. I. Smith’s plate representing the early stages of the American lobster, will be published with illustrations in the Journal. In reply to a question by Mr. Cotes, the speaker explained that no trace of the outer remus of the thoracic limbs was preserved in the adults. The following papers were read— 1. Observations of the Solar Thermometer at Lucknow.—By 8. A. Hitt, B. Sc., A. R. S. M., Meteorological Reporter for the N. W. Pro- vinces and Oudh. (Postponed from last Meeting.) (Abstract.) This paper has been compiled with a view to test the soundness of the conclusions arrived at by the author from a discussion of seven years’ observations at Allahabad, published in the Journal, Vol. LI, Part IT. The data on which the paper is founded are hourly observations of a non-registering black-bulb thermometer in vacuo. These observations were made on four days in each month during the eight years 1877-84, but only such as were recorded at times when the sky was free or nearly free from cloud have been made use of. The reductions have been effected by means of Ponillet’s formula. The deduced mean values of the constant of solar radiation in degrees of the thermometer employed are the following :— : Year. 1877. 1878. 1879. 1880. ‘1881: 1882.° 1883." Tea Solar Const. 80°1 86°7 804 76°97 74:7 746 764 77:9 These results strongly support the conclusion derived from the Allahabad observations that the solar radiation is most intense when there are fewest spots on the sun’s surface, the last sunspot minimum having occurred in 1878 and the maximum probably in 1881 or 1882. The author then proceeds to show that though there is a rather strong presumption in favour of the variation in the sun’s heat indicated by the figures above given, the range indicated is doubtless much too great. The thermometer having a globular bulb receives radiation from all sides; and therefore in dry weather, when the ground under it is bare and the air over it dusty, it receives much more reflected heat than 1885. | Japanese Mollusca and Fatehpur Antiquities. 73 when the ground is grassy and the air clear. The great excess of ob- served radiation in 1878 over any other year in the series is probably for the most part due to the dryness of that year. The question can only be satisfactorily solved by continuous records of some form of actinometer designed to receive parallel rays. As regards atmospheric absorption the conclusions of the previous paper are generally confirmed, but the diathermancy of dry air is shown to be probably not quite so great as was supposed. The paper will be printed in the Journal, Part IT. _ 2. Notes on Japanese Land and Fresh Water Mollusca.—By O. ¥. von Motuenporr, Pu. D. Communicated by the Naturat History SECRETARY. (Abstract. ) These notes are based chiefly upon a collection formed during the year 1884 by Dr. J. Anderson, F. R. S., and forwarded by him for classification to Dr. Hungerford and the author, who takes the opportu- nity to publish descriptions of some new species formerly discovered by Messrs. Hungerford and Hastlake, and to make some correction in his former paper on Japanese Clausiliae published in the Journal of this Society for 1882. The paper contains notices of 42 species, of which 1 Nanina, 2 Bulumimi, 3 Clausiliae, and 1 Diplommatina are considered to be new to science. It will be published in the Journal, Part II, No. 1 for the current year. 3. Illustrations of local architecture in the Fatehpur District, N. W. P.—By F. 8. Growsn, M. A., C. I. E. (Abstract. ) The district was rich in temples of the same style as those in Bun- delkhand in the century preceding the Muhammadan conquest. Those built of stone have mostly been destroyed, and fragments of their ruins may be seen lying about the caves or built into the walls of colleges. Two temples of brick are still standing. The larger of these at a place called Tinduli has recently been repaired out of a grant made by Govern- ment at the instance of the writer. The other is susceptible of repair at slight expense. There is also a large building in the town of Khajuha consisting of a large walled garden known as the Badshahi Bagh, a masonry tank, and a fortified Sardi. It was erected by the Hmperor Aurangzeb in 1659 to commemorate his victory over his brother Shuja’a in a battle fought in the neighbourhood. The works, of which a full description is given, are on a very grand scale, but the execution seems to have been hasty, and there is not much delicacy in the details. 74 G. M. Giles—New Species of Melita. [ May, The paper concludes with some remarks on the number of Hindu temples in the district and their architectural style. It will be published in the Journal, Part I for 1885. 4. Natural History Zoological Notes from H. M.’s Indian Marine Survey Steamer “ Investigator,” Commander Alfred Carpenter, R. N., Commanding.—No. 2. Description of a New Species of the Amphipod Genus Melita from the Bay of Bengal.—By G. M. Giuns, M. B., F. R. C. S., Naturalist to the Indian Marine Survey. (Abstract. ) This paper contains a detailed description of a small Amphipodous Crustacean, only about 5 or 6 millims. in length, of which two specimens were obtained by the author by means of the hempen triangles from a depth of 123 fathoms near the Mutlah Light Ship off the mouths of the Ganges and Brahmaputra. The paper, which is illustrated by a highly magnified coloured drawing of the animal, as well as by figures of some of its parts on a much larger scale, will be published in the Journal, Part II, No. 2 for the current year. The following paper has been received :— Natural History Notes from H. M.’s Indian Marine Survey Steamer “ Tnvestigator,” Commander Alfred Carpenter, R. N., Commanding.— No. 3. On the Prothallus of Padina pavonia.—By G. M. Gitus, M. B., F. R. C. 8., Naturalist to the Indian Marine Survey. PIBRARY. The following additions have been made to the Library since the Meeting held in April last. 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Et We > 5 > att ay é Se oft | RE eerie UE rs 1 ys he 7 ey i Shay iy 2 a os hh 8 ~ ohne gra LA rm c- a ? re Ti _ . a x iments LAs Phe! ? cere aed f Ps . ety “ay ad & 1 SN es ; @ ‘ « ' . ’ 3 ’ y % » 1 » = oe Satie re i _ bee ace haga te ky * =i A AN ‘ ? ‘ . 7 . . 4 4 x # i. = *% es P ’ 3 : ” 4 Zz Ld ° H ‘sh i 6 ; PROCEEDINGS OF THE _ASJATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL. : FOR puUNE, 1885, | The Monthly General Meeting of the Asiatic Society of Bengal was held on Wednesday, the 3rd June, 1885, at 9-15 p.m. Dr. RAJENDRALALA Mitra, C. I. E., in the Chair. The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. \ Several presentations were announced as detailed in the appended Library List. The following gentleman proposed and seconded at the last meeting was ballotted for and elected an Ordinary Member: Maulavi Naemwoollah, Deputy Magistrate, Bulandshahr. The following gentleman is a candidate for election at next meet- ing :— Professor Nilmani Mukharji, Presidency College, proposed by Dr. Rajendralala Mitra, seconded by Major J. Waterhouse. The following gentlemen have intimated their wish to withdraw from the Society : J. F. K. Hewitt, Esq. J. Copley Moyle, Esq. R. Logan, Esq. The Szornrary reported the death of the Rev. K. M. Banerjea, who had been a member of the Society from the year 1860 to his withdrawal in April last, and read the following account of Dr. Banerjea’s life and labours. 82 Account of the late Rev. Dr. Banerjea. [ JUNE, The Covncit have to announce their deep regret at the loss the Society has sustained by the death, since the last meeting, of the Rev. Dr. Krishna Mohun Banerjea. Dr. Banerjea was born in 1813 and received his education in the | Hare School and Hindu College. At the latter place he came under the influence of one of the masters, Henry Derozio, the poet, who discussed all kinds of subjects with his pupils and directed their minds towards the improvement and regeneration of their countrymen, though at the same time destroying their religious beliefs. Derozio’s teaching produced a great convulsion in Hindu society. Krishna Mohun who was one of the leaders among the pupils was expelled from his home. He became a teacher in the Hare School, and started a weekly newspaper called the “ Ein- _quirer,”’ in which he attacked Hinduism and the orthodox party. About this time Dr. Duff, who saw the unsettled state of mind of the educated young men of Bengal with regard to religion, delivered a course of lec- tures on Christianity, in consequence of which Krishna Mohun accepted the Christian faith in 1832. He then studied Theology in Bishop’s Col- lege, and was at length ordained a priest of the Church of England. About 1840 he became the Minister of the Church at Cornwallis Square ; whence he was afterwards transferred to Bishop’s College as a professor. He remained there 15 years, and then retired on pension. It was during these two periods that he carried on most of his literary labours. He was for many years Examiner of Fort William College, and in the Calcutta ~ University ; he was alsoa prominent member of the Calcutta Munici- pality. In 1876 the University of Calcutta conferred on him the degree of Doctor in Law, and in the beginning of this year he was created a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire. He died on 11th May, 1885, and is buried at Bishop’s College, the present Sibpur College. Tt is in his character of oriental linguist that Dr. Banerjee is specially interesting to the Society. He was elected a member in 1860, and served for many years on the Philological Committee. He edited for the Society in the Bibliotheca Indica the Markandeya Purana in 1862, and the Narada Pancharatra in 1865; and he also translated into English the Brahma Sutras with Sankara’s Commentary in 1870, and the Mahim- nastava a hymn to Siva. He contributed besides two papers, one on the Translation of Technical Terms in 1866, and the other on Human Sacrifices in 1876. The numerous employments of a busy career did not allow him to devote much time to philological studies, but his acquaintance with Sanskrit and the languages derived therefrom was both accurate and profound, and his contributions to the Society’s journal and publications possess a permanent value. . 1885. ] G. M. Giles—On Prothallus of Padina Pavonia. 83 The PrestpEnt expressed his own regret at the death of Dr. Banerjea, and the sorrow the Hindu community had felt at the loss of one of their leading members who was distinguished for his literary attainments and public services. The Prusipmnt reported that Mr. Pargiter had resumed his duties as General Secretary, and proposed a vote of thanks to Major Water-’ house for his services as General Secretary ; the vote was carried un- animously. . The following paper was read :— Natural History Notes from H. M.’s Indian Marine Survey Steamer Investigator, Commander Atrrep Carpenter, R. N., Commanding.— No. 3. On the Prothallus of Padina pavonia.—By G. M. Ginss, M. B., F.R.C.8., Naturalist to the Indian Marine Survey. (Postponed from previous meeting.) (Abstract.) The author in this paper describes certain oval deep-green bodies about 5 mm. in diameter, which he had found growing on the fronds of this common sea-weed, and scattered in clusters in immense numbers on the surrounding rocks; and arrives at the conclusion that they represent the prothallus or sexual stage of the plant—the stage usually met with being asexual and answering to a fully formed fern. Only one kind of spore is produced by the asexual plant, alternating with tufts of jointed hairs which the author regards as paranemata in opposition to Agardh, who appears to have mistaken these structures for antheridia. In many instances very young fronds of Padina were observed sprouting from the circumference of the prothalloid bodies, which in these cases had already begun to shrivel and decay. The minute structure of the pro- thalloid bodies is described in detail. The tissue containing abundant chlorophyll which gives to the bodies their beautiful green colour, is encased ina coating of white transparent cellular substance thicker and more opaque on the lower than on the upper surface, where it permits the subjacent green tissue with its marbling of darker green to be seen through it. This outer or peripheral tissue is composed of a network of stellate cells with anastomosing tails, resembling the adenoid tissue of animal histology, and enclosing in the meshes of its lower part a number of opaque spherical bodies, which appear to consist of one or more layers of minute colourless rods radiating from a common centre, so that their entire periphery is beset with minute blunt spines. It encloses a number of tubular bodies, which are supported by bands springing therefrom, the interstices being filled 84, G. M. Giles—On Prothallus of Padina Pavonia. [Jonu, with spherical nutritive cells containing much clorophyll. The tubes are scattered in masses through the nutritive central substance, and in each mass two kinds of tubular bodies are to be distinguished differing markedly in size and in the nature of their contents. Of the two kinds of tubular masses of cells, the smaller contains in its lower part masses of cells, each consisting of an oval mother cell enclosing three daughter cells, the contents of which break up into a number of small spherules of a brilliant carmine colour, which in their turn break up into minute rods of the same bright colour: these the author considers to be antherozooids, the tubes producing them being antheridia. The tubes of the other kind are larger and are usually found close to the smaller kind, being commonly enclosed in the same sheath of small-celled tissue. Their lining is usually much thicker than that of the smaller or antheridial tubes, being ordinarily composed of two layers of larger cells. The greater part of their length is as a rule filled with mother and daughter cells, differing from those of the antheridia in containing no coloured spherules or rods and in their more granular contents. Their mode of production is described: a lining cell grows out into the lumen of the tube producing a string of cells which curls round on itself for a turn and a half; and the oldest cell in the middle of the spiral divides into daughter cells. These larger tubes are considered to be archegonia. Fertilisation, the author surmises, is effected by the breaking down of the ripe antheridial and archegonial tubes and the consequent mingling of their contents. Mr. Woop-Mason regretted that the author of this interesting paper had not had an opportunity of thoroughly tracing the development of the tubes which he considered to be of the nature of archegonia, and expressed the opinion that the hedgehog cells were degenerated chlorphyll-containing spherical cells, rather an ulterior stage in the development of the spore-like contents of the larger tubes, and that the layers of transparent rods giving to the bodies in question their spiny appearance were probably crystals of carbonate of lime. The paper will be published with illustrations in the Journal, Part II, for the current year. a ie ale A eels Oe | 1885. | Library. 85 PIBRARY, The following additions have been made to the Library since the’ meeting held in May last. J RANSACTIONS, f ROCEEDINGS AND JOURNALS, presented by the respective Societies and Hditors. Baltimore. Johns Hopkins University,—American Journal of Mathe- matics, Vol. VII, No. 3. ‘ American Journal of Philology, Vol. V, No. 1. : Bombay. Indian Antiquary,—Vol. XIV, Parts 160 and 161, May and June, 1885. Bordeaux. Société Linnéenne.—Actes, (4th series), Wok VII. Brussels. Musée Royal d’Histoire Naturelle de eee eae Vol. IIT, Nos. 3 and 4. Buenos Aires. Academia Nacional de (Senvidel astay Vol. VIII, No: I. Caleutta. Asiatic Researches,—Popular Edition, Vol. I, No. 6. Geological Survey of India,—Records, Vol. XVIII, Part 2 ; Vol. X XI, Parts 3 and 4. : Original Meteorological Observations,—November, 1885. Chicago. 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Akademie Wissenschaften,—Philosophisch-Historische classe, Vol. CIV, Nos. 1 and 2; Vol. CV, Nos. 1—3; Vol. CVI, Nos. 1 and 2. Zagreb. Arkeologickoga Druztva,—Viestnik, Vol. VII, No. 2. Pooks AND PAMPHLETS, presented by the Authors, Publishers, Sc. Carutta, F. J. R. The Steel age; A Lecture delivered at the Royal Institution of South Wales, Swansea. 8vo. Swansea, 1884. Dass, Brosenpra Lat. Asiatic Researches, Popular Hdition, Vol. I, No. 6. 8vo. Calcutta, 1385. Lewis, Rev. Artuur. Bilochi Stories as spoken by the Nomad Tribes of the Sulaiman Hills. 8vo. Allahabad, 1885. Roy, Prarar Cuunpra. The Mahabharata, translated into English Prose. Part XVI. 8vo. Calcutta, 1885. TARKACHUDAMANI, JoginpRO Natu. Sita or Civilization. 8vo. Calcutta, 1885. MiscELLANEOUS PRESENTATIONS. Report on the Calcutta Court of Small Causes for 1884. Fep. Calcutta, 1885. BENGAL GOVERNMENT. Recent American Socialism. By Richard T. Ely. 8vo. Baltimore, 1885. JoHNS Hopkins University, BALTIMORE. 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Entomologist,—Vol. XVIII, No. 263, April, 1885. Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine,—Vol. XXI, No. 251, April, i 1885. Journal of Botany,—Vol. XXIII, No. 267, March, 1885. Journal of Science,—Vol., VI, No. 137, May, 1885. London, Edinburgh and Dublin Philosophical Magazine,—Vol. : XIX, No. 119, April, 1885. Messenger of Mathematics,—Vol. XIV, No. 10, February, : — ee) CO a Nineteenth Century,—Vol. XVII, No. 99, May, 1885. Publishers’ Circular,—Vol. XLVIII, Nos. 1142 and 1143. Quarterly Review,—Vol. CLIX, No. 318, April, 1885. Society of Arts,—Journal, Vol. XX XIII, Nos. 1691—1694, Westminster Review,—Vol, LXVII, No. 134, April, 1885. HT 1885. | Library. 89 New Haven. American Journal of Science,—Vol. XXIX, No. 171, March, 1885. Paris. Académie des Sciences,—Compte Rendu des Séances, Vol. C, Nos. 8—12. Annales de Chimie et de Physique,—(6th Series), Vols. II, July and August, 1884; III, September and October, 1885; IV, March, 1885. . Journal des Savants,—February, 1885. ———. 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H., President, in the Chair. The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. Several presentations were announced, as detailed in the Library List appended. The following gentleman proposed and seconded at the last meeting was ballotted for and elected an Ordinary Member of the Society. Professor Nilmony Mukerji. | The following gentleman is a candidate for election at the next meeting : John Barnett, Esq., Branch Pilot, proposed by J. Wood-Mason, Esq., seconded by H. B. Medlicott, Esq. The Prusipent exhibited some Sanskrit manuscripts treating of ancient Hindu Veterinary art. Dr. Mirra said—the five MSS. which he laid on the table referred to Veterinary art, a subject which had not yet been noticed by any European orientalist. This was due to the extreme scarcity of Sanskrit works on the subject, and to the neglect with which it had been treated by the modern Pandits of the country. Nor was that a matter of wonder. The later Pandits who wrote Sanskrit works were mostly hermits, yearning for a hereafter, having little care for the affairs of this world, or priests engaged in ritual duties. To them the characteristics and diseases of horses offered no attraction; so they never studied 92 Dr. R. Mitra—Ancient Hindu Veterinary Art. [ Jury, or wrote any work about them, nor cared to preserve them. Such was, however, not the case in ancient times when Brahmans and scholars were kings and ministers, and the horse was looked upon as a vitally important element of a kingdom. Then, as a literary nation, the Hindus wrote works on that subject, as on all other subjects which engaged their attention. When the first attempt was made systemati- cally to study the veterinary art, it was not easy to determine, but there was every reason to suppose that it dated from a very remote period of antiquity, when medicine for human ailments first attracted attention. According to Greek tradition the oldest surgeon was Cheiron, son of Kronos by the ocean nymph Philyra, whom Kronos metamor- phosed into a mare to prevent his wife Rhea ill-treating her. Born from the womb of a mare, Cheiron was a Centaur. According to some he was a Thessalian prince of the 13th century B. C., and foster-father of AMsculapius to whom he taught his art. According to the Vedas the surgeons of the gods were the twin brothers Asvinikumara, who were born of amare. Bearing in mind the close relationship which Greek mythology bears to Vedic traditions, it may safely be inferred that there was an Aryan story current in Central Asia before the Aryans separated into Greeks and Hindus, and that the stories of the Asvins and of Cheiron were different versions of that original. This carried back the date of the origin of veterinary art to a period of which little was now known; but it sufficed to establish the extreme antiquity of the art among the Indians. The Asvins were described to have taught the art of medicine to Atri and other sages, from whom it has descended to us. The sages and their immediate followers do not seem to have paid much attention to veterinary art, and there is no tradition to show how the art taught by the Asvins was preserved. It would seem that after a time the art was split into two parts, one devoted to cattle, and the other to horses. Of the former the most ancient and renowned professor was one Palakapya, who is frequently noticed in the Puranas and elsewhere. The only work attributed to him that Dr. Mitra had seen was a treatise on the training and treat- ment of elephants; but from the style of the work he suspected it was of a much later date. In some modern MSS. the word is written Palakavya, but that is obviously incorrect. For the second branch, the earliest professor and author named was Salihotra. Some say he was a native of Saldtura, a town in the neighbourhood of Kandahar, ancient Gandhara. The great grammarian Panini was a native of this town, and hence his surname Salaturiya. Some go the length of saying that Sdlihotra and Panini were names of the same person ; others identify Salihotra with Dhanvantari; but Dr. Mitra could find no reason to 1885. | Dr. R. Mitra—Ancient Hindu Veterinary Art. 93 justify these conjectures. Anyhow, Salihotra gave his name to the horse, to veterinary medicine, and to the horse-doctor. The most popular name for the horse-doctor all over Hindustan proper is saluter, and his art is called Salutert. No authentic work of Salihotra has come down to the present day; but the Agnz Purdna quotes several chapters, which it attributes to him, and Sir Henry Elliot notices a Persian work, named Kurrat ul Mulk, which he found in the Royal Library at Lucknow, and which professed to be a translation from an original named Salutar, which, it said, was the name of an Indian, a Brahman and the tutor of Susruta. The preface of that work, with characteristic tll-feeling, says that the translation was made in A. H. 783 (A. D. 1881) “from the barbarous Hindi into the refined Persian in order that there may be no more need of a referenee to the infidels.” It was a small work, divided into eleven chapters and thirty sections. Sir Henry refers to another Persian work which was translated from a Sanskrit MS. which one Sdaiyid Abdulla had plundered from the Library of Amar Sifh, of Chitor, during the reign of Jahangir. The Sanskrit name of the work is said to have been Salutdrt. Neither of these referred to an Arabic translation which was published at Bagdad under the name of Kitab ul Baitarat. The only Hindi work Dr. Mitra has found bears the name of Sdlthotra, and a MS. of it was laid on the table. Judging from its size and character, Dr. Mitra was under the impression that that was the work from which the Persian version of the 14th century had been made; but as he had not seen the Persian version, he could not speak with any certainty. The name of the Hindi translator was Chetana. Soon after Salihotra come the twin Pandava brothers, Nakula and Sahadeva, who were reputed to be the natural born twins of the Asvins, and devotedly attached to the profession of their parents. The Mahabha- rata does not refer to nny work written by them, but Dr. Mitra laid on the table a MS. which professes in its colophon to be the work of Nakula, the elder of the two brothers. The colophon gives two names to the work. Sélihotra and Asvachikitsita : the words of the colophon are Nakulakrite Sdlihotre Asvachikitsite. Its language is archaic and enigmatical, and it is limited to 18 short chapters. It opens with an anecdote of Salihotra who is appealed to, to describe the qualities of horses fit for the use of Indra. Old as the work doubtless is, there is no positive proof to show that its author was really a Pandava. There is nothing in the text to prevent the assumption that the author was of a much later date and of less dignified pedigree. On a cursory examination Dr. Mitra found the Hindi work to be a very loose rendering of this text. 94 Dr. R. Mitra—Ancient Hindu Veterinary Art. [ Jury, Dr. Mitra next noticed a work entitled Vdjisdstra or ‘Horse science.” The codex is very corrupt and full of laeune, and it was the only one that had been seen by him. [ft had been obtained from a correspondent at Kathmandu, who copied it hastily, not being able to purchase the original. The author of it calls himself Dipafkara “ whose mind was unswervingly devoted to the feet of the great Buddha Dipan- kara.” His father’s name was Mandkara, ““who was like Buddha himself, the son of Suddhodana.”” His grandfather was Trinidhanakara, who was a great physician and resident of Katara (? or Tatdra). As the codex is very corrupt, Dr. Mitra had not been able to make much use of it. The next work on the table was called Asva-vaidyaka or “ treatment for horses.” It had been sent to Dr. Mitra by a correspondent in Nepal, but it had been copied with more care, and was in a better state of preservation. Its author’s name was Jayadatta, son of Vijayadatta. It is a comparatively modern work, and professes to be only an epi- tome; but it extends to 68 chapters. It treats at some length on all the topics which come under its purview, and the information con- tained in it would be very useful and interesting to a large number of readers. If a second codex could be got, Dr. Mitra would have strongly recommended it for publication in the Bibliotheca Indiea. It opens with the anatomy of the horse, giving names for all the parts of the body, and points out what are reckoned as defects of those parts. In connexion with this subject there are two chapters which treat of the various whirls of hair on the head, face, neck, chest, and the legs which are supposed not only to presage the fate of the animal, but also the good or evil luck which the animal is sure to bring to its owner. This curious folklore prevails all over India, both among the Hindus and the Muhammadans, and there are several Persian works in which it is treated at length. Dr. Mitra was not aware of the existence of any such folklore in Europe; but closely allied to it was the belief about the colour of the feet of horses. Most people were doubtless aware of the saying : ** One white foot—buy a horse ; Two white feet—try a horse ; ‘Three white feet—look well about him ; Four white feet—do without him.” In India the folk-lore on the subject is just the reverse. Knowing people will have nothing to do with a horse that has only one or two feet white, but they prize highly a horse stockinged on four feet and having a blaze on the forehead. It is called Panchakalydna or “ five- fold auspicious.” Ideas of good and evil luck are also associated with the neighing, weeping and refusal of food by horses, and the work under e ne gt 2 lintel te teh in tald 1885.] Grierson and Hoernle—Comparative Bihari Dictionary. 95 notice treats of them in some detail. Dr. Mitra found in it no mention of the horse-shoe, though the Rig Veda refers to it in one of its verses. The belief in the value of the horse-shoe as a means of securing good fortune, so prevalent in England, is unknown in India, except among a few farriers in Calcutta and Bombay who have, doubtless, got it from their Hnglish teachers. The work next treats of the size, motion, colour, span of life, stages of life, and races of horses. In treating of age the work points out the value of the cavities, colour and the grooves on the incisors as sure indications, warning the reader at the same time about the wicked practice of bishopping. The feeding, stabling, and breeding of horses next follow, and the rest of the work is devoted to the treatment of the diseases to which horse-flesh is subject. Bleeding, blistering, actual cautery, poulticing and fomentations are largely recommended, and the list of materia medica given is pretty large. Among the diseases mentioned, both glanders and farey find a place. The former is called ghrint, and the latter utkarna. These names do not occur in any Sanskrit dictionary; but the descriptions given leave no room for doubt in the matter. The ghrini is described to be a disease characterised by the flow of offensive purulent matter from the nostrils, and always to terminate fatally. The utkarna is known by a harsh, rough pilage, attended with large glandular swellings on the neck, chest and the legs, followed by the loss of power of action in the ears, tail, and the skin of the body ; the swellings run to suppuration and bring on death. Dr. Mitra added that he had an intention of preparing an analysis of the work in the form of a paper, and hoped to have an early oppor- tunity of submitting it for the Society’s Journal. The PuitotogicaL Sroretary laid on the table ‘A Comparative Dictionary of the Bihari language,” Part I, by Messrs. Grierson and Hoernle, presented by the authors. Mr. Bramers remarked— This is the first instalment of a most valuable and important work presented to the Society by the joint authors, both of whom are well- known not only as philologists of the first rank, but as having devoted special study to the languages of Bihar. Dr. Hoernle in his Comparative Grammar of the Gaudian languages was the first to point out the marked differences between the speech of Bihar and the ordinary Hindi, and Mr. Grierson in a series of grammars has minutely and carefully worked out all the peculiarities of the dialects of that province. In his grammars the last named scholar gives only three leading dialects the Bhojpuri, Maithili, and Magahi; but in the dictionary a fourth dialect is included, the Baiswari, spoken in eastern Oudh and as far south as 96 Rev. C. Swynnerton—WNote on an old Hindu Coin. [ Jory, Jabalpur. This dialect can hardly be called Bihari, as it is spoken in a tract of country lying outside of the political boundary of the province of Bihar, nor is it pure Bihari being largely mixed with Western Hindi. The inclusion of this closely allied dialect has, however, the advantage of enabling the authors to explain and illustrate the Ramayan of Tulsi Das, by far the most popular modern work in all Northern India which is written in Baiswari. Although the present instalment only carries us as far as the first quarter of the first letter of the alphabet, yet there is sufficient material to enable a judgment to be formed as to the plan and execution of the work, and there is an extremely lucid and valuable introduction in which the authors explain their system of transliteration, their method of dealing with the short and obscure vowels which form so marked a feature in Bihari, as in fact in all unwritten peasant dialects, also their treatment of certain declensional and conjugational peculiarities. They further explain at some length the origin of these dialects from the Magadhi Prakrit, the division of words into classes according to their derivation, and many other interesting points relating to the scanty literature of Bihari. In the dictionary itself we find a method of treatment far more accurate and scientific than has yet been applied to any Indian language. Each word, even each dialectic form of a word has a separate article devoted to it, in which its various significations are given in their true linguistic order of succession, and illustrated by ample quotations from literature or colloquial phrases, and finally the derivation is carefully traced from the Sanskrit down through the various phrases of Prakrit, with the corresponding forms of the word in the other Aryan languages of India. Nothing so thorough and complete as this has ever been attempted before for any Indian language. The thanks of the Society are due to the authors for this extremely valuable work, and it is to be hoped that they may be enabled to bring it to a satisfactory conclusion. The PuinoLogicaL Secretary read the following note on an old Hindi coin by the Rev. Charles Swynnerton, and a letter from General Cunningham on the same subject : Aa rile Lev P Weight—333 grains exactly. ee el eB Ol Nee i Nal ae —— 1885. ] E. T. Atkinson—WNotes on Indian Rhynchota. 97 This silver coin which appears to be unique comes from the Kangra Valley. I was riding through the district last June, when I turned into a village in the hope that I should find some specimen coins of the Kangra Rajis. I was entirely unsuccessful, but as I was leaving the village, a silversmith ran after me and offered me this coin for which I paid him six annas. At first I imagined it to be a pure Bactrian, but the absence of the Greek letters puzzled me. Subsequently I referred it to General Cunningham who was good enough to interpret it for me. The following is the portion of his letter referring to it. * Simla, 14th June, 1885. “My DEAR SIR, “J thought that I had an impression of a small silver coin like yours, but yesterday on opening a packet of impressions in lead I found that my memory had deceived me, and that your coin is a new one. “The types of Elephant and Bull are the same as on your coin; but the name is different. I read your coin as follows: | Under the Elephant. Bhagevata Mahadevasa Rajaraja. Under the Bull. jrje sv. dehm t.v.g. bh. “‘ Bhdgavata means the worshipper of Bhagavata. The king’s name is therefore Mahadeva. : “‘The other coin of which I have an impression is in the Lahore Museum—and there is a duplicate of it in England, in the possession of Mrs. Freeling. ‘“* T remain, “Yours sincerely, “A. CUNNINGHAM.” The following papers were read— 1. Notes on Indian Rhynchota. No. 3.—By H. T. Arxinson, B. A. (Abstract. ) This paper is the third instalment of the author’s notes on Rhynchota. The first was printed in full in the Journal, Pt. II, No. 3 for 1884, and the second in No. 1 for the current year. The present list comprises 59 species distributed amongst the following genera: Oxyhachis 5, Hypsau- chenia 2, Leptobelus 6, Xiphopeus 1, Acanthophyes 1, Leptocentrus 3, Oentrotypus 3, Coccosterphus 1, Hemiptycha 1, Scaphula 1, Signo- retia 11, Tituria 1, Bythoscopus 1, Tettigonia 10, Hecalus 2, Thomso- niella 1, Selenocephalus 1, Siva 1, Drabescus 2, Jassus 1, Thamnotettix 1, Hylica 1, Penthimia 2. The paper will be published in full in Journal, Part II of 1885. 98 Commander Carpenter—Swatch of no ground. [Juny, 2. “The Swatch of no ground.—By ComMAnpdER ALFRED CARPENTER, R. N., in charge of Marine Survey of India. Communicated by the NaturaL History Sfecrevary. ' This paper, which is too brief to admit of being given in abstract, will be published in full in the Journal, Part II, No. 2 for the current year. 3. A Coincidence in Folk-lore.-—By the Rey. CHARLES SWYNNERTON. When in Naples a few months ago I bought in Italian at a book- stall a copy of the Liber Facetiarwm of that learned and eccentric ecclesiastic of the fifteenth century, Poggio’ Bracciolini of Florence, who was one of the brightest ornaments of a period which produced Lorenzo de Medici, Traversari, Bruni, and Politiano, and which first introduced the literary treasures of the ancient Greeks to the nations of West. This, the last edition of Poggio’s most remarkable work, was published in Rome in January of the present year, and my object in noticing it here is to record a very singular concidence which subsists between one of his facezie, and a fable which is found among the wild Afghan tribes of our North-West frontier, and which as frequently quoted by the village gossips in ridicule of the gross stupidity of the hill-men of Banér. This fable or rather anecdote appears as Story XV in my lately published volume entitled “The Adventures of Raja Rasalu and other Folk-tales of the Upper Panjab,” and in order to show the singularly close resemblance between the two stories I cannot do better than quote them in parallel columns, the one in English and the other in Italian. Story XV. The Baneyri and his drowned wife. There was once a sudden flood in the Indus, which washed away numbers of people, and, among others, the wife of a certain Ba- neyri. The distracted husband was wandering along the banks of the river looking for the dead body, when a countryman accosted him thus :—‘‘O Friend, if, as I am in- formed, your wife has been carried away in the flood, she must have floated down the stream with the rest of the bodies; yet, you are Facizia LIX. Di un uomo che cercava sua moglie annegata nel fiume. Un altr’ uomo, cui era morta la moglie nel fiume, andava contr’-— acqua a ricercarne il cadavere. Uno che lo vide rimase di cid me- ravigliato e lo consiglié di andar secondo la corrente :—“ In questo modo,” rispose l’uomo, “non po- trebbe trovarsi; perché quando visse fu tanto contraddiccente, e difficile, e contraria alle abitudiné degli altri, che anche dopo morte essa andra contro la corrente del fiume.”’ _ 1885.] Rev. C. Swynnerton—A coincidence in Folk-lore. 99 going up the stream.” ‘“ Ah, Sir,” answered the wretched Baneyri, “you did not know that wife of mine. She always took an oppo- site course to every body else. And, even now that she is drowned, I know full well that if other bodies have floated down the river hers must have floated up!” Poggio, for his day, was a great traveller, having visited most of the courts of Kurope including that of England, so it is difficult to say whether he picked up the story in Italy or elsewhere. In Europe, how- ever, it certainly existed as a household tale in the fifteenth century, and here in the nineteenth it re-appears on the Upper Indus. It is not often that in folk-tales a collector discovers a resemblance so exactly marked, though I possess several, hitherto unpublished, almost as striking in their apparent identity ; and the conclusion which seems forced upon the mind from a comparison of these various stories is not so much that they owe their similarity to an accidental coincidence in thought or inspiration among peoples living far apart, like those undesigned coin- cidences which are also to be observed in the works of great writers and even composers, but rather that they can trace their original source to some common tribe or family of men, whether in Central Asia or else- where, whose descendants, extending themselves east and west over the world, carried their household words with them. 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TempLe, Captain R. C. Legends of the Punjab, Nos. 22 and 23. 8vo. Bombay, 1885. » EE ee ee ee 6 | -. S PROCEEDINGS OF THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, for frucustT, 1885, Se — SS The Monthly General Meeting of the Asiatic Society of Bengal was held on Wednesday, the 5th August, 1885, at 9.15 p. m. Dr. R. L. Mirra, President, in the Chair. The minutes of the last meeting were read and eed. Several presentations were announced, as detailed in the Library List appended. The undermentioned gentleman, proposed and seconded at the last meeting, was ballotted for and elected an ordinary member of the So- ciety : John Barnett, Esq., Branch Pilot. Mr. G. S. Leonard and Colonel 8. T. Trevor have intimated their wish to withdraw from the Society. The PresipeNtT announced that Dr. A. F. R. Hoernle had resumed his duties as Philological Secretary, and proposed a vote of thanks to Mr. J. Beames for his services during Dr. Hoernle’s absence. The vote was carried unanimously. The Prusipent reported. that the Council had sanctioned the pub- lication, in the Bibliotheca Indica Series, of the following works : 1. The Sat Sai of Tulsi Das, to be edited by Pandit Beharilal Chaubé of the Patna College. 2. A translation of the Tuzakh-i-Jahangiri, by Professor W. H, Lowe of Cambridge. 104 J. Wood-Mason—‘ Investigator’ Crustacea. [AuG., Read a letter from the Superintendent, Government Central Muse- um, Madras, forwarding a specimen of a Viraraya Gold Coin (Fanam) found in the Calicut Talug and acquired under the Treasure Trove Act. The Natura, History Srcretary (Mr. Woop-Mason) exhibited Lyreidus Channeri, a remarkable new blind Brachyurous Crustacean from the depths of the Bay of Bengal and said— Four species of true Brachyura were dredged up from depths exceeding 100 fathoms during the past season by H. M.’s Indian Marine Survey Steamer ‘Investigator.’ They belong to the genera Amathia, Hthusa, Encephaloides (new genus allied to Collodes, Stimpson), and Lyreidus, of which the last named is especially interesting on account of the rudimentary condition of the eyes. These organs are unequally reduced: the cornea of the left being of the normal form and extent, but opaque and devoid of all traces of facets, as in Munidopsis, Orophorhyn- chus, Nephropsis, and other blind forms of the deep sea, while that of the right is entirely aborted, its place being only indicated by a small smooth spot marked out by the transparence of a lead-coloured pigment similar to that which is seen through the integument around the base of the left eye. This interesting brachyuran, which is at once distin- guished from the Japanese and American species by having the antero- lateral margins of the carapace armed with two pairs of long and slender spines, was trawled up from a depth of 285—405 fathoms, bottom temperature 48°—50° Fahr., in the ‘Swatch of no Ground’, off the mouths of the rivers Ganges and Brahmaputra. . The PuinonocicaL Secretary, exhibited copy of the following Persian inscription from Sherpur, sent by Mr. J. Anderson, Magistrate of Murshidabad. Js} 93 ly fay By oF lle yo US add Wy YG cmt Lee yng paw 9 99 BL OEMP Ady Ke (OR SHA gg) ye ro af ulyic gst deny sly Whe sld ape 49 core fe ra Siw God the most high has said, ‘‘ Every creature which liveth on the earth is subject to decay ; but the glorious and honourable countenance of thy Lord shall remain for ever.” 1885. ] Find of ancient coins in Chindwarra. 105 We have seen a mosque wherein there is entire cleanness ; ‘Indeed!’ Why should it not be clean, (when) it is the house of God. Built by Sayyid ’Ali, Mutawalli during the reign of Shah Jahan in the year 1038 A. H. The PuitoLocicaL SecRervary read : 1. A Report on a find of ancient coins at Pagara in the Chindwarra district, Central Provinces forwarded by Mr. W. Vertue, Deputy Com- missioner, with his No. 2032 of 28th May 1885. The find comprises coins of the following Sovereigns :— I. Pathan Sultans of Delhi. No. of specimens, 1. No. XIX, Muhammad bin Tughlaq, A. H. 725—752=A. D. 1324 —1851. 1064668 A The Mughal Emperor Shah Jehan of Delhi reigned up to the year 1068 A. H., while his son and successor Aurangzeb reigned from 1068-1118A.H. The earlier specimens of 1068 might therefore belong to Shah Jehan ; but they might also belong to Aurangzeb. On the other hand, the traces which remain of the emperor’s name, though too imperfect to be decipherable, seem to be alike on all the coins; and as all the ascertained dates agree with Aurangzeb’s reign, I conclude that they must all be ascribed to that emperor of Delhi. The following papers were read : 1. Notes on Indian Rhynchota, No. 5.—By H. F. T. Arxinson, Ese. (Abstract. ) This paper which is the fifth and final instalment of the author’s notes on the Homopterous section of the Indian Rhynchota, comprises 140 species of Fulgoride distributed among the following genera: Hury- brachys 10; Messena2; Thessitus3; Loxocephala2; Nesis2; Frutis1; Dichoptera 1; Metaurus1; Anagnial; Centromeria, 1, Dictyophara 10; Cixius 3; Oliarus, 2; Brivia 1; Benna, 1; Hygyops, 2 ; Faventia, 1; Helicoptera, 1; Daradaz, 1; Tropiduchus, 1; Elica, 1; Monopsis, 2; Hiracia 1; Phenice 2; Lacusa 1; Corethrural; Hemispherius 1; Fla- vina 1; Eupilis,1; Tempsa,1; Tetrica 1; Issus, 2; Cyrene 2; Rica- mia 26; Miriza, 1; Mindura, 1; Pucina 1; Cerynia 1; Scarpanta 1; Phromnia 5; Lecheal1; Flata, 22; Seliza 4; Flatoides 5; Atracis, 1; Copsyrna, 1; Nephesa, 1; Pceciloptern, 2. Inthe addenda to the paper Mr. Atkinson has given the description of or notes on 73 species of which the names and synonymy alone were given in previous papers and has added 55 species not noticed before, making a total of Cicavider, 115 ; Cercopide, 70; Membracide, 29; Jasside, 38 and Fulgoride, 202 or a grand total of 454 species of recorded Homoptera. Indications are given of species recorded from neighbouring countries which raise the record to about 500 known species. At the conclusion of the paper, Mr. Atkinson said : The paper just read completes the account of the recorded species of insects belonging to the Homopterous section of the Indian Rhynchota. 1382 Remarks by Mr. Atkinson. [Nov., It is not my intention at present to deal with the sub-orders Phytoph- thires and Anoplura, the former including the Psyllidew, Coccide, &c., as the recorded species are few and of little value, and it will be better, should time and opportunity permit, to undertake original investigations of these sections in which India is so rich in species. My object in these papers has been to lay the foundations of a ‘ Homoptera Indica’ by collecting all the information at present available and above all to clear the synonymy which is full of so many pit-falls and troubles for the beginner. I felt that it was useless to attempt to enlist the sympathies of observers on behalf of this interesting order of insects, unless some subs- tantial aid was given them to enable them to take an intelligent interest in the work. For this purpose I have given the original descriptions of each Indian insect wherever possible or where Stal, Signoret, Distant or Butler have re-described an insect, their descriptions. Ina few cases I have re-described the type, but this is so far a work of doubt that I have prefer- red to give the original description only, however meagre, until I have had an opportunity of visiting Europe and seeing the actual types themselves. The work so far as I have gone is merely preparatory to a truly useful work on the Indian Homoptera, and I trust that I have done enough to enlist the aid of all lovers of Natural History in India to collect materials for the purpose. I am prepared to do all I can towards naming any collections sent for that purpose to me at 43 Park Street, Calcutta. I would suggest that all new and unnamed or unrecognized specimens be deposited in the Indian Museum until arrangements can be made for their being sent to Europe for identification, and further I shall be happy to furnish instructions for the collection and preservation of specimens in the meantime. In the section Homoptera are included the cicade whose shrill song is so well-known, the beautiful lantern-flies with their long cephalic process, the cicadinz, the plant-lice including that which yields the lac-dye and lac of commerce, and the majority of the myriads of insects which one can see flying about the street lamps at the close of the rains. Not one in fifty of these latter has as yet been described, and I can promise any one who chooses to take up this order plenty of novelties and plenty of amusement. In the section Heteroptera are included those insects which live on vegetable juices and are found on land or in water, in the latter element skipping over the surface or swimming. Many of them are beautifully coloured and vie with all other orders in the richness of their clothing and the quaintness of their forms. As this is the first attempt at reviewing the recorded knowledge of our Indian Homoptera there must be many omissions but no trouble has been spared to make the record perfect. Nearly all the English, French, German, Swedish, Italian and Russian publications of the various Entomological SO Oe eee 1885. ] S. R. Elson—Currents and Tides of the Hugl. 133 Societies have been examined, and it is believed that the omissions will prove to be of no great importance. I have added some species hitherto recorded only from Singapore and Siam when their occurrence in India is probable. Those acquainted with the order can alone appreciate the labour involved and value it, a labour enhanced by the abso- Iute absence of any named collection in India. I have arranged as far as possible the collection in the Indian Museum, Calcutta, and this will always remain available for consultation by collectors. It is desirable, however, that fresh efforts should be made to increase that collection which is particularly deficient in Rhynchota and does not possess one- fourth of the named species. 2. The Ourrents and Tides of the Hooghly and its littoral, and how they are influenced.—By 8. R. Exson, Hsa. About twenty miles, or more, to the eastward of the entrance channels to the Mutlah River, and fifty to the eastward of the Hooghly River, lies the northern end, or termination, of a peculiar deep gut of water, named the ‘Swatch of no Ground’: where the delta sand-banks end so very abruptly as to launch suddenly from seven into one hundred fathoms, in the course of only three or four miles: and the depth is 300 fathoms at only 15 miles from the shore. This gut, if I may be allowed the expression, is, doubtless, the sub- way, or aqueduct, for the conveyance, between the walls of the adjacent raised sea bottom, of the cooler and dense briny current which, all authorities show, runs up from 8. W. to N. E. parallel with the Coro- mandel Coast for at least eight months of the year,* and which con- tinues onwards, as a sure convection current, towards the sun-warmed shoal waters of the extensive submarine Ganges delta: thereby pre- venting the river silt from settling so far seaward as it has done both east and west of the head of the Swatch: even supposing that there is such a great outpour of water from the northern rivers during the freshets as some aver, but on which point there is, unquestionably, a doubt. At its head, the waters the Swatch pours forth seem to divide, the main part running eastward towards Chittagong, and then down along the Arracan Coast, at least so say some of the sea-directories. But a great portion of this stream of water, and that which most concerns us, turns westwards over the remarkably well-formed submarine sand dunes (alone to be found to the westward of the Swatch of no Ground) stretching out for more than thirty miles from dry land, and lying between the Bulchery sand on the east and Balasore Roads on the west. In proof of which state- ments, we have it from registers (kept on board the outer Light Vessels * See Blanford’s Rudiments of Physical Geography. 134 S. R. Elson—Ourrents and Tides of the Hugli. [Nov., and courteously placed at my disposal by the Port Officer, Captain Stiffe, I. M.) of currents, that the mean daily set of the sea for the year 1880 was, at the Mutlah Light Vessel, 12-1 miles W. ? S., and, at the Hastern Channel Light, only one-half, or 64 miles in a S. W. by W. = W. direction ; whilst at the Pilots’ Ridge, 32 miles W. 8. W. of the latter, it was really an inset of the sea of 3 of a mile N. W. i W. per diem, during the six months, March to September, that she was in position. Besides the natural tendency of the waters of the Hooghly littoral to flow round over the sands cyclonically, or against the hands of the watch (face upwards), all the year round, any small baric depression out over the Bay is quite sufficient to hurry it along with great force ; so that it is a well-known fact that a large westward set at the Pilot Station, Sand- heads, is a sure precursor of a cyclonic storm of greater or less intensity ; this set showing itself long before the indraughted N. H. wind has gained sufficient force to cause it by friction with the sea-surface; doubtless, this deep gut, so handy to draw upon, furnishes a ready supply of northwards moving water, as required by the demand of a reduced or diminished aerial pressure on its left front; as flow also the responsive and light, but much more sluggish, air strata above it: a vibration of energy being taken up and translated by a water medium four and a quarter times more surely and speedily than by an air medium. On the other hand, when such local meteorological conditions of an anti-cyclonic character occur as take place at the head of the Bay during the months of March, April, and May, (when strong S. 8S. W. and S. W. winds blow, and an eastward set of the seais begot), such eastward set at the Mutlah Light is as nothing compared to that at the Kastern Channel Light; and even here, is scarcely ever more than 12 miles in the 24 hours, and, then, only on extraordinary occasions, when aS. W. gale and high sea call it forth (see Table of Sea-set at Sandheads in author’s Sandheads Sailing Directory). This deep gut of (doubtless running) water, this Swatch of no Ground, has also another influence not yet written about, that is, in giving a greater range to the tides in the Mutlah River of 3 feet 6 inches over those of the Hooghly River : these waters being so close-to are ever ready to swing and pulsate, to flow and ebb, in response to the disturbed equilibrium caused by the constantly varying attractions of sun and moon on land and sea areas: whilst the Hooghly has to draw upon a more distant reservoir wherewith to build up her tidal wave, and to which also to return the uprisen waters after the Hooghly meridian has rolled away eastwards from under the lunar and solar perturbating influences. I have been told by the captains of the Light Vessels who have had experience there, that there is a much stronger current e 1885. ] S. R. Elson—Currents and Tides of the Hugli. 135 in and off the Mutlah than in and off the Hooghly. And if my memory serves me rightly, I remember there were not a few vessels lost in the Mutlah during the short period it was open as a port; their loss pointing to a stronger current making navigation of the Mutlah at least as dangerous, if not more so, than that of the Hooghly : all which I think may be safely attributed to its proximity to the Swatch of no Ground, the probable birthplace of the ‘tide-rips’ we experience throughout the Sandheads about September and October. In all old directories for the Bay sailors are taught, that the tides at the Sandheads, in fact, all over the littoral, flow regularly round, and with equal force, like the hands of a watch (face upwards): this is an error which it is desirable should be corrected; for I find that but very little water runs to the eastward of north and south-south- east, and that for not more than an hour or so, at the turn of the tide from flood to ebb; all the rest going to the westward over the out- lying reefs and sands, whose characteristics as well-formed sand dunes prove this westward set, if no other proofs were available for the purpose. All the water from the Hooghly goes towards Balasore Roads in a S. W. direction from the mouth of the river. This large shallow basin, 40 miles in diameter, with an average depth of 7 to 8 fathoms of muddy, warmed water, may, with all propriety, be called the settling tank and evaporating pool for the annual 78,000,000 yards of solid silt deposit said to be brought down by the Hooghly waters. Muddy water is scarcely ever to be seen at the Ridge Light Station, excepting on spring tides, and when the sea is much agitated ; and,as before stated, the mean daily set of the sea at that station is for the six months, March to Sep- tember, only 3 of a mile ina N. W. ¢ W. direction. Although, at first sight, the general trend of the outlying reefs and sands to the S. S. HE. seems to point to the currents setting in that direction, yet, in reality, they do not so set, and, doubtless, their 8. 8. H. direction is the result of the combination of three causes :—the proven almost constant westward set of the waters over them: the transporting, upheaving effect of the almost as constant sea swell from the S. and S. S. W.: also the disturbance caused by the warmed and, in the freshets, purer ebb waters meeting the above-mentioned constant westward set of cooler and denser water. Both currents in seeking equilibrium roll over and over each other as the tidal stream runs down the steep western edges of the sands, until the 10 fathom line is reached, where the upheaving wave power suddenly ceases, and the hard sand deposits as suddenly halt. Close to the western edges of all the sands of the littoral, the 136 S. R. Elson—Currents and Tides of the Hugli. [Nov., bottom is of a very soft blue clay, with a tenacious substratum which holds the sounding lead much too firmly, sometimes with such tenacity as to break the line. But the eastern edges of the whole of them shelve very gradually, and consist of hard, fine sand such as is found high up in the Hooghly. This fine sand has, in very disturbed states of the sea, been deposited on the rigging of vessels, when these have been in from 12 to 15 fathoms of water, shining, when dry, like particles of steel filings. As elsewhere, the tides of the Hooghly seem to be very much in- fluenced by varying conditions of relative baric pressure over sea and land areas: both diurnal, when, in the afternoon, within 100 miles of land, the sea area has the superior pressure and vice versdé in the forenoon: and yearly or as termed in the tide tables, ‘ seasonal,’ when, from October (as Mr. Blanford tells us, ‘the land area is suddenly transformed into a region of high pressure’) to March, the pressure is higher to the north than to the south, and vice versd, when, the sea area becoming the seat of highest pressure, southerly winds as a necessary result, predominate, and raise a high swell at the Sandheads: this swell becoming more agitated in the shoal water of the estuary is, of itself, doubtless, a cause of the waters of the river standing higher; but, taken in conjunction with the steepened baric gradient and southerly wind, the mean level of the water in the river rises steadily till the advent of the light- er fresh water in the rains, when it stands higher still, or about four feet higher in September than in January and February, when salt or brackish water reaches far up the river. (In June of this year, immediately before the freshets had set down, I found five and a half grains at low, and five and three quarter grains of salt per ounce troy at high water, at Diamond Harbour.) Any abnormal state of the usual relative baric pressure causes a corresponding disturbance in the predicted regularity of the tides, both in times and heights of low and high water: the water, as above-men- tioned, responding to the altered baric gradient before the air has time to do so, much less to raise waves outside, which, of themselves, are known to augment, or exalt, the calm mean sea level. From low to high water, in the whole of the river, is a little more than five hours; and from high to low water a little more than seven hours: but the flowing and ebbing of the water is greatly influenced by the strength of the freshets, and the distance from the sea: so that at Calcutta, in the month of September, vessels in the neap-tides, do not swing to the flood: and, owing to an extraordinary freshet this year, vessels did not swing flood in the height of a perigee spring tide ; but this masking of the flood stream does not affect the rise and fall of the tide, which goes on all the same as the tide tables predict. - | . 1885. ] Kaviraj Shyamal Das—On the Prithiraj Rasau. 137 The difference in the times of low water between any two places on the river is generally equivalent to half the difference of high water be- tween the two places added to the difference of the said high water. For instance, the difference between the times of high water at Cal- cutta and Mud Point is three hours; and that between the time of low water is about four and a half hours. 3. On the Antiquity, Authenticity and Genuineness of Chand Barddi’s Epic, the “ Prithiraéj Rasaw.”—By Kaviras Sayama Das, M. R. A.S., Poet Laureate and Member of the Royal Council, Meywar. (Abstract. ) - The object of the author of this paper is to demonstrate that the well-known epic of Chand Bardai, the Prithira] Rasau is not genuine, but was fabricated several centuries after by a bard of Rajptitana. This position he endeavours to establish by quotations from the poem itself, showing that they abound with expressions commonly used in the dialect of that province and not found in the Braj Bhasha or any other Hastern dialect of India. The author then refers to several stone inscriptions found in Meywar which all contribute to confirm the position taken up by him. He concludes by stating that his object in writing the paper is to caution the public against the belief that the poem was written by Chand Bardai, or even by any author who was his contemporary. The spuriousness of the Rasau, he adds, is confirmed by the fact that its narrative and the names of persons mentioned and the dates given do not agree with those in the Persian works of Prithiraj’s time. At the conclusion of the paper, which will be published in full in Journal, Part I., Dr. Hoprnie remarked, that from the brief perusal which he had been able to give to the Kaviraja’s paper, it seemed to him that it was likely to prove of considerable interest and importance. The question of the genuineness and credibility of the epic of Chand was one which de- served careful consideration. He did not feel sure regarding the cogency of the author’s argument from the Rajpuitani language of the Epic. There was no good reason why the language of the real Chand should be supposed to have been Braj Bhasha or any other Hastern dialect of India. The argument from the disagreement of the dates given in the epic from those given in Persian historical works was far more apposite. The fact of the existence of this disagreement had been long since pointed out; though hitherto it had not been satisfactorily accounted for. The peculiar point, requiring explanation, seemed to him to be this, that the dates of the epic, while smaller by about 90 years than those given elsewhere, were consistent with one another. The most important of the Kaviraja’s arguments, however, were undoubtedly 138 EB. E. Oliver—Oopper Coins from Kangra. [Nov., those, which were intended to identify certain events related in the epic with occurrences that happened in the history of Rajpitand and Gujarat several centuries after the time when the real bard Chand was known to have lived. If these identifications could be satisfactorily established— as the Kaviradja seemed to have done,—they would certainly prove, that, if not the whole epic, at least certain large portions of it were not genuine. With regard to this point, Dr. Hoernle said, he might briefly state what his own conclusions were. In connexion with the edition of the epic, which was being prepared for the Society, he had occasion carefully to examine and compare the available manuscripts. These seemed to disclose clear evidence that the epic had undergone, in the course of time, three distinct revisions or recensions. At the time of each of these revisions, large new portions, being sometimes entire cantos, were added to the poem. He thought it might possibly be shown, in the course of further investigation, that those events which did not take place so early as Chand’s time, were recorded in the cantos sub- sequently added to the original and genuine epic. [or the present, he was not disposed to give credence to such a sweeping statement that the whole of the poem was a forgery dating from so late a date as the 15th or 16th century. 4. On some copper coins of Akbar found in the Kangra District.—By H. EH. Outver, M. G. C. E. (With 2 plates.) (Abstract. ) This paper contains a description given by Mr. E. EH. Oliver of a parcel of copper coins of Akbar, about 30 in number, which the au- thor obtained from a Baniya in the Kangra Valley. Though struck at widely distant places and considerably differing in date they were all in an excellent state of preservation. Most of the mints, 28 in all, were new to Mr. Oliver; and one curious circumstance which he notes in con- nexion, with this find is that it includes specimens of the whole twelve Persian months, in many cases of several mints. . The paper with 2 plates, will be published in full in Journal, Part I. 5. On the Corrosion of the lead-lining of Indian Tea-Chests.—By ALEXANDER PEDLER, Hsq., F. C. S. (Abstract. ) In this paper Mr. Pedler gives an account of numerous experiments which he made at the request of the Indian Tea Association to ascertain the cause of the partial corrosion and in some instances total destruction of the lead linings of tea chests. The experiments made, and the results given by them are very interesting, and the paper will be published in EE 1885. | A. Pedler—Corrosion of lead in Tea-Chests. 139 full in the Journal, Part I. The conclusions arrived at by Mr. Pedler may, however, be stated here. They are : 1. That tea properly manufactured in the ordinary way has no power to corrode lead. 2. That if unseasoned and damp wood is used for the manufacture of tea boxes, corrosion of the tea lead is, under favourable circumstances, almost certain, but that some varieties of wood will act more violently than the others. 3. That even if seasoned wood be used, and if it be allowed to become saturated with water and then placed in favourable circumstances of heat and moisture, corrosion of the tea lead may occur, though not to so great an extent as if un- seasoned wood had been used. 4. That the active agent does not exist ready formed in unseasoned wood, but is produced by a secondary action from the constituents of the wood. 5. That the corrosion is not due to contact action between the lead and the wood, but that a volatile substance is gradually produced from the unseasoned wood. 6. That the corroding agent is usually acetic acid in the presence of moist air and carbonic acid, but that other acids of the same series are sometimes produced and also act on the lead, and in the case of butyric and valeric acids, a greenish yellow incrustation is formed differing entirely from the whitish and yellowish white incrustation produced from the acetic acid. 7. That the acetic and other acids are produced by the decomposition (probably by a kind of fermentation under the influence of heat and moisture and perhaps induced by some of the unstable nitro- genous compounds present) of certain substances which are known to be present in wood. Such bodies are fermentable sugars, starchy matters, malic acid, &c. 8. That the lead linings of the tea chests having been corroded and perforated by the corroding of the acids in the presence of moist air and carbonic acid, the tea can easily take up the disagreeable odour which the wood itself will possess after it has undergone the change in which acetic and butyric acid &c. are formed and thus the quality of the tea will be deteriorated. Mr. Watpie said that he considered the communication a very ex- cellent and complete investigation of the subject and that the conclu- sions arrived at were very satisfactory. 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An Anglo-Indian Dictionary. 8vo. London, 1885. PROCEEDINGS OF THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, POR PECEMBER, 1885. aS The Monthly General Meeting of the Asiatic Society of Bengal was held on Wednesday the 2nd December, 1885, at 9 P. m. D. Watovin, Ese., F. C, S. Vice-President in the Chair. The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. Several presentations were announced, as detailed in the Library List appended. The following gentlemen proposed and seconded at last meeting were ballotted for and elected : As ordinary Member, C. L. Griesbach, Esq., Depy. Supt., Geological Survey of India. As Associate Member, Dr. A. Fuhrer, Curator, Lucknow Museum, and Asstt. Archeological Surveyor, N. W. P. and Oudh. The following gentlemen are candidates for election at next meeting, 1. A. R. Elson, Esq., proposed by J. Wood-Mason, Esq., seconded by H. B. Medlicott, Esq. 2. Colonel W. B. Thomson, B.S. C., proposed by R. A. Sterndale, Hsq., seconded by F. H. Pargiter, Esq. | 3. Francis Carnac Barnes, HEsq., Private Secretary to H. H. the Lieutenant-Governor, proposed by H. T. Atkinson, Hsq., seconded by K. Gay, Esq. 4, Saiyad Mohamad Latif Khan, Extra Assistant Commissioner, Dera Gazi Khan, proposed bp D. G. Barkley, Esq., seconded by Denzil Ibbetson, Esq. 152 Removal of Names of Members. {Dzc., The PReEesIDENT reported that the undermentioned gentlemen were largely in arrears of subscription, and, though registered letters had been sent to them in accordance with Rnle 37, no notice had been taken of them. Their names would therefore be suspended for a month as defaulters in the Society’s Meeting Room, and, unless the sums due were paid in the meantime, they would be declared removed from the Society’s Member List at the next meeting. In accordance with Rule 38, this fact is notified in the Proceedings. 1. T. Blissett, Esq. 2. Babu Bhairub Chunder Chatterji. 3. Capt. L. A. C. Cook. 4. Babu Sib Chunder Nag. 9) » Protap Narain Sing. 6. J.C. Rees, Esq. 7. G.R.C. Williams, Esq. Babu Binod Behary Mullik intimated his wish to withdraw from the Society. The PHILOLOGICAL SrecreTaRy read 3 Reports on as many finds of old coins. I. Report on 15 old uncurrent silver coins, forwarded by the Secretary to the Chief Commissioner of Assam, with his No. 1272, dated 29th July 1885. 1. The find place is not distinctly stated, but appears to have been Lakhimpur. The coins number 15 and are allof silver. Thirteen of them belong to Moghul Sultans of Delhi, the remaining two are of Assamese Rajas. 2. The Moghul coins are the following : No. of Specimens. 1, V, Shéah Jehan, A. H. 1037—1068 = A. D. 1627—1658 ; mint and date illegible; reign PD's WAG SPOON: © iewsleca tne exsaaises mane vender 1 2, VI, Aurangzib, A. H. 1064—1118 = A. D. 1658—1707 ; a, mint, Strat, date 1095, reign 27 ........0e0 1 b, ** Golkonda;’’ date [1074], reign 6 vast , 1 c, mint Jehannagar ; date 1102, reign 34 ,.,, : d, tMopibley 1tlleeiale || 55 icons ane, ae epsncpaeaees 1 ; 8, XIII, Muhammad Shéh, A. H. 1131—1161 = A. D. 1719—1748, a, mint Arkot, dates illegible .......sscse00 5 b, mint Jehangirabad; date 1145, een 15 1 j ‘ 4 | 1885. ] | Three finds of old cows. 153 No. of Specimens. 4, XIV, Ahmed Shah Bahddur, A. H. 1161— 1167 = A. D. 1748—1754; mint Arkot, date illegible . ere 1 ri pe Aseindilii eee ae sah Laheaiatn TL, A. H.1167—1175 = A. D.1754—1761; mint Arkot, daterillegible® .ivicissescescevessensts cevase 1 otek: ars 13 3. The Assamese coins are the following : 6, IX, Svarga Deva Pramatia Simha, Saka 1660—1662 = A. D. 1738—1750: date 1664; OOCAVONA |. casio nie say eee 1 “eG anon oe Toe ere o acne 1693—1706=A. D. 1771—1784; date 1697; OES SOR ANE pass ens wieniee ipgas upland fs tai on nse ums nike 1 Total 2 Grand total ... 15 II. Report on 227 old gold coins, forwarded by the Deputy Com- missioner of Hissar, with his No. 1155, dated 18th August 1885. 1. The find place is not stated. Hxact information on this head is always desirable. 2. The coins number 227, all of gold, and all of Emperor Akbar’s mints, and of various types: viz., No. of Specimens. 1, Tyres, figured in Marsden’s Numismata Orien- talia, Plate XX XIX, No. DCCCXIII, with two beaded, oblong and square, areas. a, mint Ahmadabad, dates 9811, 98219, 9841 12 b, 5, Dér ul Khildfat aba dates 9813, 98215, 9839, 9841, Mea wel aaa’ 28 ¢, 4 tlegible; dates 9821, 98319, 98424 ed tat MIEN ey th on La ennciay cox tvs 45 a, 45.) Patna, date 9841 ., NO re ire. Sane 1 2, Type, figured in se S vas rieainis Orientalia, plate XXXIX, No. DCCCIV, with two straight-lined, oblong and round, areas : a, mint Ahmadabad, dates 98019, 98119 ...., ‘ 20 b, , Dar ul Khildfat Agra, date 9767, BEE Chere OF Og TOU” sniuerulayaees 23 154 Three finds of old coins, | [Drc., : z No. of Specimens. ce, mint Agra (with Sultén al Azam) dates 9711, 9725, 973%, 9744, 9758 27 d, ,, Hasrat Dehli, dates 977%, 9781,9791 | 8 €, » Hasrat Dehli, (with Sultén al Xzam) . dates 9727, 9731, 9754, 9761, 979° 9 Si oy Dar ul Khiléfat si dates 976°, 077°, 9721, 973°... Seton 11 95°. $3. ehor. -Cwith Baia a eae dates 975%, 9767, 9774, 9781, 9791 11 h, ,, wtllegible, dates 9803, 9814, 9833 10 3, Type, not fig. in Marsden, with one straight- lined oblong and one scolloped round area. “ a, Mint Ldhor (with Sultan al Azam), dated SAP S973", O74, O80" WR viitasacsens 13 4, Typ, not fig. in Marsden, with one stirndcaite lined oblong and one double scolloped area : a, mint Ldhor, (with Sultan al Azam), date LE iy eae ee 5 5, Typs, not fig. in iinpios, tath, ae deasale: lined, oblong and square, areas : a, mint Dar us Saltanat Ahmadabad, date DELS Le ek aa by 3 6, Typr, not fig. in ‘Marsden, theo one piel bat oblong and one round area: mint. Jaunpur, date 972 — ..ccccccocsscsscenees 1 7, TypE, not in Marsden; lettered A Pm ; | Givin: (CRUD), GAGS DOA sinned sae cone rdaa nar inn 1. Grand Total, ... 227 The value of the coins is, intrinsic Rs. 18-12-0 each, and numismatic Rs. 22 each. III. Report on 176 old silver coins forwarded by the Deputy Com- missioner of Hissar, with his No. 1192, dated 29th August, 1885. 1. They are stated to have been found in the Hissar Dissae They number 176, and all are (silver) rupees. 2. They belong to the following Moghul sovereigns of Delhi: 1, VI. Avwrangzib, A. H. 1068—1118 = A. D. 1658—1707, mint Mustagir ul Khilafat Ak- barabad, dates 1113, 1117; reigns 45, 49, 37 “3 1885. | F. S. Growse—Hindu coin found at Kutiya. 155 No. of Specimens. 2, VIII. Bahddur Shah, A. H. 1118—1124 = A.D.1707—1712; mint illegible, date 1122. ied 3, X. Farrokh Sir, A. H. 1124—1131 = A. D. 1712—1719, mint Dar us Saltanat Laéhor ; date [1180], reign 7 ......... 1 4, XIII. Muhammad Safin Ae H. 1131—1161 = 1719—1748; mint Dar ul Khildfat Shah Jahanabad ; dates various; two varieties of the ‘ Sahib Qiran” type of coins: viz. | a, with date: top: Line Vii 2sb 5 .eiectiessseesense 104 b, with date in middle line ....... He 16 5, XIV. Ahmad Shah, A. H. 1161—1167 : = A. D. 1748—1754; mint Dar ul Khilafat Shah Jahandbad ; dates various ....... 37 6, XV. Alamgir Zant Aziz ud din, A. H. “1167 —1175 = A. D. 1754—1761, two different eae of coin: vizZ., “ Aziz ud din ” type, mint Shah Jahana- bad, dates 1169, 1170, 1173 . ae 8 b, Alamgir type, mints Shah J hg asba. 14 Labor and Akbaérabad, date 1171... .c. es. 6 ‘Totaly. | wi. 176 3. The intrinsic value of the coins is about one Rupee each; the numismatic, from Rs. 1-4 to Rs. 2, according to the age. The PuinoLocicaL Secretary read a letter from Mr. Growse ona Hind coin found at Kutiya. “Tam sending youa silver coin from Kutiya, on the Ganges, in the Fatehpore district, where I was encamped yesterday. Gen. Cun- ningham (Survey XI, 56) has conjectured on topographical grounds and from a calculation of distances that this might be the Buddhist site men- tioned by Huwen Thsang in his Itinerary under the name of Ozuts. The chief object of my visit was to ascertain whether there were any remains on the spot that would help to confirm this theory. _ “The present village is a most miserable place, but was evidently of much more importance at some earlier period, since it gives its name to a perganna and, is therefore for the sake of distinction officially styled Kitiya Khas. It lies in a ravine, with a high cliff on either side, one called Kot, the other Bara-ganw. The latter was the original site of the 156 Prof. A. Forel—Indian Ants in the Indian Museum. [Dac village, and was deserted only about 100 years ago; the other is said to have been a fort. Under a tree on the Bara-ganw hill have been collected a few fragments of figure sculpture, one of which had been afterwards appropriated for a Muhammadan building, asit shows on the back the endings of four lines of a Persian inscription in bold raised characters. “The coin was probably found in the Kot mound, where bricks of large size are also excavated. Its inscription is in modern Nagari charac- ters, and what remains of it is very clear; but so many of the outside letters have disappeared, together with the outer rim of the coin itself, that I am unable to decypher it. I shall be glad if you can enlighten me.” Dr. HoEeRNLE remarked that the coin was a well-known one. It had already been described and figured in Marsden’s Numismata Orientalia (No. MCCII, p. 789). It was again described and figured in the Appen- dix to Prinsep’s Indian Antiquities (Useful Tables, Vol. II, p. 65). In the latter work it is said to be a coin issued by an obscure zemindar of Jayanagar, a village near Bajragarh. The inscriptions are differently read in the two works mentioned, but incorrectly in both. The correct reading appears to be the following. Obverse: Sri Rdaghava Pratapa Pavana-putra Balavardhaka. Reverse: yah sika par chhép maha Raja Jaya Singh (Ke date Jayanagar). The words enclosed in brackets with the date, are wanting on the present coin. Both inscriptions are in the Hindi language, and in modern Nagari vharacters. The reverse states that “on this coin is inscribed the name of the Raja Jai Singh, (the date, and the mint Jayanagar).” The following papers were read : 1. On Indian Ants of the Indian Museum in Calcutta.—By Pro- Fressor AuG. Fornt.— Communicated by the NaruraL History SECRETARY. (Abstract. ) | This paper is an account of a collection of Calcutta ants recently forwarded to the author for determination by the Superintendent of the Indian Museum. The collection contains 26 species, of which two are described as new, one from the ‘ soldier’ form under the name of Pheidole jucunda, and the other from the soldier and worker forms under that of Pheidole woodi, and a third has its female described for the first time. The paper will be published in the forthcoming number of Journal, Part II, for the current year. 2. Notes on the Chittagong Dialect.—By Mx. F. E. Parairer. (Abstract.) In offering these Notes on the Chittagong dialect, Mr. Pargiter re- marked that he was aware how incomplete they were, how many matters . —_— Ss } °° ---” se 1885. ] F', E. Pargiter—WNotes on the Chittagong Dialect. 157 were unnoticed and how much remains to be filled in to render his sketch thoroughly serviceable. These notes were collected some years ago when he was residing in Chittagong. Several of the peculiarities noticed are not confined to Chittagong, but prevail generally throughout Hastern Bengal, though not inso marked adegree. He hoped, however, that these notes, incomplete though they are, might be of use to others, whether as an aid in learning the vernacular, or as an inducement to supply what was wanting. The language spoken in Chittagong isa false of Bengali, but great- ly corrupted owing to the remote position of the district, the strong Muhammadan element in the population, and the tendency in East Bengal to speak quickly and clip the words. These causes have been at work in Bakarganj and the country east of the Meghna, and the language spoken there differs from ordinary good Bengali, the difference increasing with the distance south-eastward. The extreme is reached in Chittagong where the difference is so marked that a native from other parts of Bengal does not readily understand the language. The paper will be published in full in the Journal, Part I. Dr. Hozrnue remarked that he had listened with very great interest to the paper which had just been read. Any contributions to our knowledge of the dialects of the North Indian languages were specially welcome in the present day when so much attention was beginning to be bestowed on the comparative study of them. There were only two of those languages which had hitherto received any closer examination with respect to their dialects. These were the Hindi and the Bihdri languages. It was well-known that the other Gaudian languages, and especially the Bangali possessed equally distinct and instructive dialects; but, hitherto, but very little had been made known about them beyond the fact of their existence. It was, therefore, of peculiar interest to receive some information on the Chittagong dialect, one of the most curious, in many ways, of the Bangali language. Listening to the paper as ib was he had marked down a few points which had specially struck him. The process of phonetic detrition in some respects was carried a step beyond the stage in which it was usually found in the Gaudians. The dissimilar Sanskrit conjunct ksh was assimilated in Prékrit to kkh, and in Gaudian simplified to £h or reduced to h, but in the Chittagong dialect it was found altogether dropped, as in dette ‘ to see’ for the ordinary Bangali dekhite. This change was said to be “almost invariable, if the second vowel be zor?.” But that it occurred also under other conditions was shown by the instance of Iiimnnd (Sat) for siikh’nd (yee@at). The change of an initial sibilant or of a chh to h was almost invariable in the Chittagong dialect, 158 Remarks by Dr. Hoernle and Nawab Abdul Latif. [Duc., but this phenomenon might be observed also in other dialects, and curi- ously enough it was found of the greatest frequency in the extreme west, in the Sindhi and Panjabi; so that here the dialects of the furthest east and the furthest west most nearly approximated. Nawas Asput Latir Kudn Banapor said :—Mr. Pargiter is deserving of the best thanks of this meeting for the very interesting paper which he has read this evening. He has taken great pains in enquiring into, and collecting information regarding, the shape which the Bengali lan- guage has assumed in the district of Chittagong. If similar enquiries were made by gentlemen residing in the other districts of Bengal, the various forms which the vernacular has taken in those districts, would show a most interesting and instructive state of affairs. What has struck me much is the way in which the Bengali language has become gradually more and more corrupted, the further you go in all directions from the district of Nuddea, the seat of pure Bengali. While on this subject, it would not perhaps be uninteresting, if I mention my own experience of the various forms which the Urdu lan- guage has assumed in various parts of India. It seems to me that the principle is exactly the same as in the case of the Bengali already noticed by me. The chief seat of Urdu is Delhi and the further the dis- tance from Delhi, the more and more corrupted does the Urdu language become. As it travels northwards, it gets mixed up with the Gurmukhi and Pushto in the Panjab and the Frontier districts, and loses its purity. Towards the south-west it passes through Rajputana, and becoming mixed up with the Marwari Nagari gets more and more corrupted until it reaches the Province of Sindh, and there getting mixed up with Sindhi, assumes the worst form. Travelling towards the south, it passes through Gwa- liar and Indore in Central India, and reaches Bombay via Baroda, and thus becomes mixed up with Nagri, Gujrati, and Marhatti, thereby entirely losing its integrity. It then travels further south towards Hydrabad and Madras, and assumes the worst form by getting mixed up with Canarese, Telugu and Tamil. In some of the districts around Delhi, the Urdu preserves its integrity to a certain extent, with some slight but quite perceptible corruptions. In travelling south-east, towards Bengal, it becomes mixed up with the Braj Bhasha of Muttra, the Nagri of various forms all along the south-eastern confines of Behar, and finally with the Bengali language, becoming more and more cor- rupted the further it moves from Delhi. Of all the cities at a dis- tance from Delhi, Lakhnau, Murshidabad and Dacca have kept up the Urdu ina much purer condition than other places. The Urdu of Bombay is very bad, and that of Hydrabad and Madras even worse. In my 4 Ge er 1885. | Library. 159 travels through all these places I have been much struck with the different ways in which the Urdu language has been corrupted; but what seems to me to be most curious is, that in such a large Muhamadan city as Hyderabad, the Urdu has not been preserved in such a decent condition, as at Lakhnau, Murshidabad and Dacca. And it is also remarkable, that whilst the idiomatic expressions of Delhi have been carefully preserved in Murshidabad and Dacca, they have been quite corrupted in the chief towns of the Province of Behar, through which the Urdu language has travelled to Bengal. It seems to me, that it would be a gain to our Society if gentlemen who take an interest in this subject, and who have the time and the inclination, would direct their attention to enquire and collect information as to the various forms which the Urdu has assumed in different parts of Hindustan. Dr. Horrntre suggested that the Nawab bimself would be the best qualified person to supply that information about Urdu. All informa- tion of that kind was certainly very desirable. PIBRARY. The following additions have been made to the Library since the mecting held in November last. J RANSACTIONS, PROCEEDINGS AND JOURNALS, presented by the respective Societies and Editors. Amsterdam. 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Ree eee ses es ees OOOO INDEX TO PROCEEDINGS, ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, FOR 1885. Page Abdul Latif Khan Bahadur, (Nawab), elected member of Council 39 . ie wes * elected member of Philo- logical Committee A7 i “ 2 ms % on the dialects of the Benagli and Urdu languages 158 Abdur Rahman (A. M. F.), elected an Ordinary Member oe A5 Ahmad Khan Bahadur, Syud, elected member of Philological Committee 4.7 Al Tabrizzi’ S Commentary, capniared for Aibiieetirs in Biblio. theca Indica Be ers Amir Ali, elected member af orm ei dealin Committee 48 Annual meeting ... ae a) "EP ae 15 peapleeport,..... ere 15 Ashtasahasrika, sanctioned fon aibiesition 3 in Bihhiethsen Indica .. 70 Assamese Coins ... 153 Atkinson (HE. F. T.), elected ae of Horie 39 - ‘ elected member of Finance, Natural Psetey | History and Archeology Committees 46 = ~ Notes on Indian Rhynchota, ... 54, 97, 131 aes: ’ appointed Auditor of Annual accounts, in place of Mr. Westland 70 Aurangzib, exhibition of 100 gold mohur piece of ... 52 Bahmani Sultans, Coins, of ... 105 Barerjea (Rev. K. M.), elected member of phantadeeal Committee A7 a 3 Withdrawal of ... cat oa 61 ie a Death of 81 ty account of life and labours of 81 ‘Barnett (J ohn), elected an Ordinary Member see hes) (LOR 166 Index. Page Bayne (R. R.), elected member of History and Archeology Com- mittee in 48 Beames (J.), elected Mombbe of Philologioal; ‘Hee Pe Archeology Committees ae cy 48 a * appointed member of Council se 70 is ss consents to act as Philological Secretary dane the absence of Dr. Hoernle te 70 bs 5 on Grierson and Hoernle’s “ iba ie pb Dieu! ary of the Bihari language ” = a * = vote of thanks to os aS * on the Geography of aide in the —— of Akbar, Part II. (Avadh) a a | ae Bibliotheca Indica, report on a 91 , works sanctioned fi pnbliaanee ls in 40, 70, 103, 125 Hicsold (T. F.), elected Ordinary Member ae ve 1 Bipaka Sutra, sanctioned for publication in Bibliotheca Indica ... 70 Blanford (H. F.), elected Vice-President al 39 = » elected member of Library and Pisce! Science Committees * i w. 46, 47 » appointed a Trustee of the Indian Museum ... 62 Blissett (T.), Removal of ... =e oe te Bolton (C. W.), elected an Ordinary ee a .* 966 Bose (Babu P. N.), elected member of Natural Bisa Connie 47 Boxwell (J.), elected member of Philological Committee . Se »» 9, Notes on the Tristubh Metre of the Rig-Veda_ ... 54 Bressa prize, offered for competition by the Royal Academy of Sciences, Turin a 4 re ssf 48 Building, report on: mu 3 20 Burman, Damooder Das, dtected an Ordinary Matishde 125 Carpenter, R. N. (Commander Alfred), The Swatch of no-ground 98 Centenary Meeting, report on 26 Chambers (F.), Reply to Mr. Blanford’s deitooienda on aed pape on Winter Rains of Northern India ae an 8 » (J. W.), elected an Ordinary Member ... 61 . i letter from, presenting 2 vols. of Pidding ian s Storm-pamphlets ... St oe 69 Chatterji (Bhairub Chunder), Removal of 152 Chaudhuri, (Rajah Surya Kanta, Bahadur), Hectea an Drdinkes | Member ots igs oi 39 Clark (H. Martyn), elected an Oe diiniy Monier See ave 61 Coin Cabinet, report on aa és va - 21 ee Indew. 167 Page Coins Committee, election of ie tiv er 48 or Akbar 4 na “ie oad oe) EOS » Gold Gupta ae das vee ee 2 »» Indo-Sassanian ef deh nee nee a », Indo-Scythian ase ove ove és (ABB » trom Kandahar ie ie snl a ashmir. ..5 ane 4, » of the Muhammadan Hale of Ginn ve Be ruimigy 5 9 » Moghul Dynasty of Delhi ... . 127, 128, 152, 154 Shay » Pathan Kings of Delhi ae am as xg h2p » Presentation of old Buddhist cys dea cna 49 », Copper, from the Panjab - a, nae au 53 » Of Maizz-ud-din ° 70 » of Sikandar Shah 130 Square Silver, of the Sultans of stants asd 62 ook, (Capt. L. A. C.), Removal of site “ee sd: day Pelee Council, abstract of Proceedings of, for 1884 ah = 31 ”~ election of 38 Cunningham (D. D.), elogee member ay ee ee aioe History Committees ... - A7 x5 (Major-General A.), elected member of Coin reas mittee ie tes wi ee 48 Cyrtophiwm Calamicola 63 Das, Kaviraj Shyamal, on the eae. ee nsieiy Ae Genuineness of the Prithirdj Rasaw . ia eee eA Dé (Kumar Baikuntanath), elected an “pees Aeration th 69 Delmerick (J. G.), Note on the 100 gold mohur piece, exhibited at the March meeting ... de pePmarie | 8 | De Prée (G. C.) Col., elected Ordinary Mataber ais sac 1 Douglas (J. C.), appointed Auditor of annual accounts bas 39 », elected member of Finance Committee kee 45 Syiioce (J. F.), appointed Assistant Secretary ... ast 1 Elson, (8. R.), The Currents and Tides of the Hooghly ond Silei Reaes Fateh Ali (Maulavi), withdrawal of das 69 Finance, report on 5a are ove 18 Fleet (J.), on Kashmiri Coane da ea es Forbes (Lt.-Col. J. G.), removal of : aN 62 Forel (Prof. Aug.), on Indian Ants of the Bua Meena in Calcutta ua 156 Fryer (Col. G. E. Y Note on a eres: copy of the Relate Gory mar oe sis vs ose aan eee 168 Index. Fiihrer (Dr. A.), elected an Associate Member see Ta Ghosha ad P. C.), elected member of Council s . elected member of.. Library, Phaoloesad a) History and Archeological Committees Gibbs (Hon, J.), aanbaa Vice-President .. = be elected member of Coin. and History and sta re -cheeology Committees - 5 3 exhibition of 100 gold mohur piece “of ee 5 resignation of,.as Vice-President Gilles, M. B., (G. M.), on the structure and habits of Outi hiaan Calamicola, a new tubicolous Amphipod from the Bay of Bengal ... eve - 5 35 Description of a new species of the Amphi- pod Genus Melita from the Bay of Bengal s ove bi és » onthe Prothallus of Padina Phodnite Ni Gold Mohur, 100 piece ee ole Gore-Brown ‘Spencer), elected an Bietoces Member vs Gowan (Major W. E.), on the “‘ Pamir” from the Russian of Pro- fessor Minayeff Grierson ei A.), elected erate of Phildlogical Cduttnitttes i », and Hoernle’s (A. F. R.) Comparative , Diction- ary of the Bihari language 2a ove Griesbach (C. L.), elected an Ordinary Member si ose Growse és S.), elected member of Philological and History and Archeological Committees - ‘; Illustrations of local architecture in the Tatenpas District ant a Ss on a Hindu Coin found at err Watatlpuy Pc Gujarat, Coins of Sultans of . ate Hewitt (J. F. K.), inte val of Hill (S.°A.), Observations of the Solar TS Bi Lecknoe Hoernle (Dr. A. F. R ), elected Philological Secretary ave s i on copper plate inscription from Dacca... 9 “4 exhibition of copper coins from the Panjab ” s ‘s of coins of Maizz-ud-din aoe ” 2 on Gold Gupta Coins cee ee 3 As Kashmiri Coins ... Hoernle’s (Grierson and) Comparative Dictionary of the Binge language “ae oe wee Page 152 “52 108 152 Index. 169 Page Hoernle' (Dr. A. F. R.), Reports on finds of ancient coins 105, 126, 127, 128,-129, 130, 131, 152, 153, 154, 155 1. 5 resumes Philological Secretaryship... 103 i. % on a Hindu coin from Kiutya, Fateh- pur, ‘i 156 4 . on the Fale of the eee ee languages ven tt LOE Hume (A. O.), elected member of Natural History @denduittbo ks 4:7. Indian Museum, report on - ... ue o. a 17 Inscription, Copper plate, from Dacca... ae ore 49 eae Persian, from Sherpur A ww. O04 Jarrett (Col. H. S.), elected member of Philological Cbenieedic A7 Jaunpore Sultans, Coins of ... ae 06 Jnata Dharma Sutra, sanctioned for ssbibaeiohs in , -Biblistliecs Indica he ar oe om 70 Jones (S. S.), oi arsieal Ge 3 Pa on ce VIDOE Kandahar, Coins from us ea * 8 4 Kashmir, Coins of - ie 8 an 4 », Square Silver Coins of f the Satdne OF” FA 62 Khudabaksh Khan, Maulavi, elected member of Philological Cat mittee es oe A7 King (Dr. G.), elected antes of Nitweal History Oolitic Pe A7 Kurma Purana, sanctioned for publication in Bibliotheca Indica 70 Lafont (Rev. Father H.), elected member of Physical Science Committee ... ase se he re 48 Lep:doptera fee “ee bot fe. 62 Leonard (G. 8.), withdrawal of ; fi 1OS Library act cee Laas 5, 64, 74, 85, 100, 119, 140, 159 »» report on ae dec ae bee 20 Logan (R.), withdrawal of ... ats ex pe 81 London agency, report on ... te Acie eo 20 Low (J.), removal of m, i) 62 Lyall (C. J.), elected member of Phibheiadl Couinents oh 47 Lyreidas Bee ass ie ie iO) ge Macnair (Col. H. C.), te haeawat of oot ve ay 61 Maizz-ud-din, Coins of o te 70 Mallick, (Babu Yagendranath), elected an sb Obdinare Mantes 4h 61 Malwa, Coin of the Sultan of.. 1 sate F205 Man (E.-H.), withdrawal of ... a | 2 Melita - “ sve ate ‘ 74 170 Index. Page Medlicott (H. B.), elected member of Council ide ae 39 a a4 ‘3 ‘i of Finance, Library, Natural History and Physical Science Committees ... 46 Merk (W. R. H.), withdrawal of oe 69 Members, Election of giao. bree 46, 61, 69, 81, 91, 103, 125, 151 RS Withdrawal of ... . 1, 46, 61, 69, 81, 91, 103, 152 a Removal of - bse ate 62, 152 Mitra, (Dr. R., L.), elected Prasidant i 88 - me exhibition of Sanskrit passers on Hinds Veterinary Art... ae ot on copper plate inscription from Dace eng 49 ietlendart “0. F. Von), Notes on Japanese Land and Fresh Water Mollusca sa a 73 Mollusca, Japanese Land ina: Recah tase 73 Monthly General Meetings 1, 39, 45, 61, 69, 81, 91, 103, “125, 151 Moore (F.), letter from, on the continuation of his ‘‘ Description of Lepidoptera collected by Atkinson ” soe oot 62 Moyle (J. Copley), withdrawal of = = wee 81 Naemwoollah, Maulavi, elected an sede Merten , « Nag (Sib Chunder), Removal of soot ee Natural History Notes from H. M.’s aa Mans Survey Steamer ‘Investigator’ ... Ba wae 63, 74, 83 — Nephroptis me ‘an Nicéville (L. de), slnsied sieuibes of steed History Committas fl AT - », Description of some new Indian Rhopalecera ... 5D = » Fourth List of Butterflies taken in Sikkim in October 1884 cad coe ae 63 Nilkrishna Kumar, elected an Ordinary Member _... = 45 Nyaratna, (Pandit Maheschandra), elected an Ordinary Menbess 39 ns ‘. BS elected member of Philolosaal Committee — 0; ae Oliver, (H. E.), on some copper coins of Akbar Sc, oss) eee » (J. W.), elected an Ordinary Member fe 39° Oldham (R. D.), elected member of Natural History Commitieaee 47 Padina Pavonia ... 83 Pandit, (Babu Prannath), Baied siete of iabiers Commitee 4,7 Parasara, Institutes of, sanctioned for publication in the Biblio- theca Indica . “P +7 40 Pargiter (I. E.), aladed Ponckal Socretary vas onthe) ee Notes on the Chittagong Dialect .., ese ae ? ? Index. L7E Page Pathan Sultans of Delhi, Coins of Pra a! ie Ges Pedler (Alex.), elected member of Council 39 a = x » of Finance, Library a Physica Science Committees 4.6 5 Af on the corrosion of the lead lining of Indian Tea Chests °-- ss. ee Let eslod Peterson (F. W.), elected Honorary Pisendakée a he 39 Presentations Ee 1, 39, 46, 61, 69, 81, 91, 126, 151 Prideaux (Col. W. F. ), on Coins from Candahar, ... Le 4, ma a on Gold Gupta Coins di se 2 Ne elected member of Coin Gotaiities R, 43 Rai alan Lall, withdrawal of 46 Raverty (Col. H. G.), on the Kings of fhe Sifaniats dynasty of Nimroz or Sigistan ie ed ae sas 54 Rees (J. C.), removal of 0 sed Jit A: hoe Reynolds (Hon. J.), elected member of weihea oY, a 39 E Sy appointed Vice-President ae as 62 Rhopalocera, Indian a a bal o4 Rhynchota, Indian seen Owe 97, 108, 131 Rig-Veda, Note on the Tristuth Metre of the rar hie 54 - Rivett-Carnac (J. H.), exhibition of Indo-Sassanian Coins Son 4, S.., is sf elected member of Coin Committee Ph 48 - exhibition of copper coins from the Panjab 53 Meer: (C. J.), elected member of Coin Committee 48 3; :. The Square Silver Coins of the Sultans of Kashmir 62 . - Note on Major Rav erty? s Satece to his paper on ‘‘Some Coins from Candahar” Reeth ROE Rustomjee, (H. M.), elected an Ordinary Member _... Ad Saddharma Pundarika, sanctioned for publication in Bibliotheca Indica a isa 70 Sarkar, (Dr. Mahendralal), Decied meses of Chto’ te 39 = = A elected member of the Library Com- mittee fy lea 47 Sarvadhikari, (Babu Rajakumar,) elected an Or dears Member . AD Sastri, (Babu Haraprasad), elected an Ordinary Member ae 39 a " as elected member of the Philological Committee 47 Sat-Sai of Tulsi Das sanctioned for publication in the Bibliotheca Indica 3 103 Scully (Dr. J.), eiackad baste of the Natural Bishosy Goma 4.7 172 ; Index. Secretary’s Office, report on ... Sen, (Babu Adharlal), death of », (Babu Narendranath), elected an itadiiou Manor , (Babu Yadunath), elected an Ordinary Member Simson (A.), appointed member of Council Sing, (Protap Narain), Removal of Singh, (Kumar Sarat Chunder), elected an lene Meta hie Smith, (N. F. F.), elected an Ordinary Member ; » (V.A.), elected member of the Coin Committee Societies with which publications are exchanged Staley (A. E.), elected an Ordinary Member = % declined membership = Swynnerton (Rev. Charles), on an old Hindu coin .,._. die ms A Coincidence in folk-lore Syud ‘Ali Bia, elected an Ordinary Member sive Syad Mahdi Ali Nawaz Jung Bahadur, elected an ere: Member Tawney (C. H.), elected member of Council # ae a 5 of Library ay ‘Philologiaas Committees Temple (Capt. R. C.), elected member of History and Arches logy Committee ove Theobald (W.), Gold Coins of ‘a eae Thibaut (Dr. G.), elected member of Philological Committers Toker (Col. A. C.), elected member of Philological Committee .., Trevor (Col. S. T.), withdrawal of ae Tuzakh-i-Jahangiri, translation of, sanctioned for publication in Bibliotheca Indica one Upasaka Dasa Sutra, sanctioned for pmiblication in 1 Bibothens Indica en Varaha Purana, sanctioned for nalhoktons in Biblinthess Tide Verdeau (Ivan), elected an Ordinary Member Veterinary art, ancient Hindu Waldie, (D.), elected Vice-President... be ei a », elected member of Library and Physical Science Committees ... ove ove Waterhouse (Major J.), elected member of Council .. ee is Ps elected member of Finance oa Physical Science Committees “ne ‘9 - resignation of, as Trustee of Indian Museum a = to officiate as General Secretary during the absence of Mr. Pargiter . 46, 47 Index. Waterhouse (Major J.), Vote of thanks to Westland (J.), elected member of Council ° », appointed Auditor of annual accounts on (E. V.), withdrawal of Wood-Mason (J.), elected Natural History Sankeeuee Exhibition of a species of Nephropsis on Padina Pavoma aa ie » Exhibition of Lyreidus Channeri iiss (G. R. C.), Removal of 9? 2? 9 ? yh) ? PPP PPP WBA WRHA™) LIST OF MEMBERS | [ATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL. PN THE 3iST PBECEMBER, 1884. Council and Officers for 1884. President. H. F. Blanford, Esq., F. R. S. Vice-Presidents. Dr. Rajendralala Mitra, C. I. E. The Hon. J. Gibbs, C. 8. L, C. I. E. D. Waldie, Esq., F. C. 8. Secretaries and Treasurer. J. Wood-Mason, Esq., Dr. A. F. R. Hoernle. F. E. Pargiter, Esq., B. A., C.S. F. W. Peterson, Esq., F. C. 8. Other Members of Council. Hon. H. J. Reynolds, B. A., C. S. H. B. Medlicott, Esq., F. R. S. J. Westland, Esq., C. 8S. Nawab Abdul Latif Khan Bahadur, C. I. E. Major J. Waterhouse, B.S. C. Alex. Pedler, Esq., F. C. S. Hon. A. W. Croft, M. A. C. H. Tawney, Hsq., M. A. Babu Pratapachandra Ghosha, B. A. Hon. H. Beverley, M. A., C.S. LIST OF ORDINARY MEMBERS, R. = Resident. N. R. = Non-Resident. N.S. = Non-Subscribing, L. M. = Life Member. F. M. = Foreign Member. LO eee N. B.—Members who have changed their residence since the list was drawn up are requested to give intimation of such a change to the Secretaries, in order that the necessary alteration may be made in the subsequent edition. Errors or omissions in the following list should also be communicated to the Secretaries. Members who are about to leave India and do not intend to return are parti- cularly requested to notify to the Secretaries whether it is their desire to continue members of the Society ; otherwise, in accordance with Rule 40 of the Bye-Laws, their names will be removed from the list at the expiration of three years from the time of their leaving India. Date of Election. 1860 Dec. 5. | RB. | Abdul-Latif, Khan Bahd4dur, Nawab, ¢.1.8. Cal: cutta. 1860 July 4. | N.R.| Ahmad Khan Bahadur, Hon. Sayyid, ¢.s.1. Aligarh. 1872 April 3. N.R.| Ahsan-ullah, Nawab. Dacca. 1860 April 4. |N.R.| Aitchison, J. H. T., m.p., Secretary to the Surgeon General, H. M.’s Forces, Bengal, with the Afghan Boundary Commission. 1884 Mar. 5.|L.M.} Ali Kader Syud Hossain Ali Mirza, Bahadur, Na- wab Nazim of Murshedabad. 1878 Mar. 6.|N.S.| Allen, G. W., cc. 1.8. Hurope. 1874 June 3.| R. | Amir Ali, Hon., Barrister-at-Law. Calcutta. 1865 Jan. 11.| R. | Anderson, John, m. D., F. R. S., F. L. S., Superinten- dent, Indian Museum. Calcutta. 1884 Sept. 3.| R. | Anderson, J. A. Calcutta. 1875 Feb. 3.|N.R.; Armstrong, J., Surgeon, Bengal Army. Naini Tal. 1871 Sept. 6.| R. | Atkinson, Edwin Felix Thomas, B. a., o. s., Acct.- General. Calcutta. 1869 Feb. 3.|N.R.| Attar Singh Bahadur, Sirdar, c.1.£., M. uv. F., Chief of Bhadour. Ludiana. 1870 Feb. 2.)N.R.| Baden-Powell, Baden Henry, c.s., c.1.8., Offg. Judge, Chief Court of the Panjab. Lahore. | 1873 Aug. 6.) N.S.| Badgley, Major William Francis, s. ¢., Offe. Deputy Superintendent of Surveys. Hurope. 1862 Feb. 5.| R. | Baisdk, Gaurdis, Deputy Magistrate. Calcutta. 1859 Aug. 3.| R. | Balaichand Sitha. Calcutta. 1865 Noy. 7.| N.S.| Ball, Valentine, M. a., F. BR. 8., F.G. 8. Hurope. iv EE ETT SCTE Date of Election. 1860 Nov. 1. 1862 Aug. 1. 1869 Dec. 1. 1879 Aug.28. 1881 Aug. 3. 1878 June 5. 1873 Feb. 5. 1864 Sept. 7. 1878 Sept.25. 1881 Mar. 2. 1862 Oct. 8. 1872 Aug. 7. 1876 Nov.15. 1878 Oct. 1879 Mar. 1884 Jan. 1884 Feb. 1875 July 1857 Mar. 1879 Aug.28. 1880 Nov. 3. 1877 May 2. 1876 Nov. 15. 1868 Jan. 15. 1883 Feb. 7. 1876 May 4. 1860 Mar. 7. 1879 Jan. 8. 1879 April 2. 1869 Jan. 20. 1880 Mar. 3. ee ee Banerjea, Rev. Kristo Mohun, tu. p. Calcutta. Barclay, Arthur, mM. B., Surgeon, Bengal Medical Service. Calcutta. .| Barker, R. A., mM. p., Civil Surgeon. Nya Doomka, Santhal Pergunnahs. .| Barkley, D. G., M. A., o. 8. Lahore. .| Barstow, Henry Clements, o. s., Magistrate and Collector. Cawnpore. Bayley, C.S., o. s., Off. Under-Secretary to the Government of Bengal. Calcutta. Bayne, R. R., M. RB. 1. B. A.. Draughtsman, Chief Engineer’s Office, H. I. Railway. Calcutta. .| Beames, John, B. c. 8., Offg. Commissioner, Burd- wan Division. Chinsurah. .| Beighton, T. D., c. s., Offg. Judge. Patna. .| Benett, W. C. Cawnpore. .| Bernard, Charles Edward, c.s., Chief Commissioner. British Burmah. Beverley, The Hon. Henry, mu. a., 0. s. Calcutta. .| Beveridge, Henry, c. s., District and Sessions Judge. Faridpur. Bhakta, Krishna Gopal. Calcutta. 2. | Biddulph, Major J., B. 8.c. Hurope. .| Bidie, G., Brigade-Surgeon, M. B., F.L.S., ©. I. Bey Supdt. Govt. Central Museum. Madras. Bigg-Wither, Major A. C., B.a., A.1.¢c.8. Calcutta. 2. Black, F. ©., Archeological Engineer. JBellary, Madras Presy. .| Blanford, H. F., a. 8. 8. M., F. BR. 8., F. G. 8., Mete- orological Reporter, Govt. of India. Hwrope. Blyth, W. D., m.a., Lu. D., ¢. s., Under-Secretary to the Govt. of Bengal. Hurope. .| Bose, Pramatha Nath, B. sc., F. G. s., Geological Survey of India. Raipur, C. P. Bourdillon, James Austin, c. s., Inspector-General of Registration. Hwrope. .| Bowie, Major M. M. Nagpur. .| Boxwell, John, c.s., Offe. Comr., Patna Divn. Gya. Brace, Lewis Jones K., Curator of the Herbarium, Royal Botanic Garden. Sibpur. .| Bradshaw, Brigade-Surgeon A. F., a.m.p. Quetta. .| Brandis, Dietrich, PH. D., F. L. 8., F. B.S. Hurope. Browne, J. F., 0. s., M.R. A. 8., Offg. District and Sessions Judge, 24-Pergunnahs. Calcutta. Caleutta, The Rt. Rev. the Lord Bishop of. Calcutta. R.| Cadell, Alan, 8.4. ¢.8., Magte. Aligarh, N. W. P. .| Carlleyle, A. C., Archeological Survey of India. Allahabad. Date of Election. 1881 Feb. 2. 1876 Nov.15. 1881 Mar. 2. 1883 Aug.30. 1881 Mar. 1880 May 1880 Jan. 1861 Mar. 1880 Nov. cx 09 pe nT ODO 1874 Aug. 1877 Aug.30. 18380 Aug.26. 1881 May 4. 1884 April 2. 1884 Mar. 5. 1874 Nov. 4. 1881 Mar. 2. 1884 Aug. 6. 1876 Mar. 1. 1877 June 6. 1874 Mar. 4. 1883 April 4. 1873 Aug. 6. 1873 Dec. 3. 1877 June 6. 1865 June 7. 1879 April 7. 1869 April 7. 1859 Oct. 6. 1862 May 7. 1880 Dec. 1. .| Chatterji, Bhairab Chunder. .| Clarke, Major Henry Wilberforce, R. 5. .| Crombie, Alexander, m. p., Civil Surgeon. .| Crosthwaite, Hon. C. H. T., c. s., Central Provinces. .| Dhanapati Singh Dughar, Rai Bahadur. .| Dilawar Husein Ahmad, Maulavi, Depy. Magte., .| Carter, Philip John, Deputy Conservator of Forests. Rangoon. Cayley, Surgeon-Major H., Surgeon, Mayo Native Hospital. Hurope. Channing, Francis Chorley, B. ¢. s. Hurope. Chatterji, Dr. Aghorenath. Calcutta. Jessore. .| Chatterji, Tara Prasada, Deputy Macte. Burdwan. Chaudhuri, Govinda Kumara. Calcutta. .| Chaudhuri, Haranchandra, Zamindar. Sherpur, Maimansingh. .| Chaudhuri, Khirode Chandra Roy. Berhampore College. .| Chennell, A. W., Asst. Surveyor, Survey Depart- ment. Shillong. Hurope. Clerk, Lieut.-Colonel Malcolm G., Commandant of the Fort. Chunar, N. W. P. Cockburn, John, Asst. Sub-Depy. Opium Agent. Karwi. .| Cole, Major H. H., rn. =. Mhow. Colvin, The Hon. Sir Auckland, k.c.m.c. Oalcutta. Constable, Archibald, Resident Engineer and Per- sonal Asst. to Chief Hngineer, Oudh and Rohil- kund Railway. Lucknow. Cook, Capt. L. A. ©. Jamrud. Cotes, H. C., Indian Museum. Oalcutta. Crawfurd, James, B. A., 0. 8., Barrister-at-Law, Offg. District and Sessions Judge. Nuddea. Croft, Hon. A. W., m. a., Director of Public In- struction. Calcutta. Hurope. Nagpur. .| Cunningham, David Douglas, mu. p., Professor, Me- dical College. Calcutta. .| Dames, Mansel Longworth, ¢.s., Asst. Commissioner. Dera Ismail Khan. .| Darbhanga, H. H. the Maharaja of. Darbhanga. .| Das, Raja Jaykishan, Bahadur, ¢. s. 1. .| Das, Ram Saran, m. a., Secy. Oudh Commercial Bujnor. Bank. Limited. Pyzabad, Oudh. Day, Dr. Francis, F. L. S., F. z. 8. Hurope. .| Delmerick, J. G., Extra Assistant Commissioner. Mussoorve. Azimganj. and Depy. Collr. Jamui, Monghyr. Date of Election. 1877 July 4.| RB. 1875 Mar. 3. 1882 Mar. 1. 1879 Feb. 5. 1877 Aug.30. 1873 April 2. 1881 Mar. 2. 1870 Mar. 9. 1863 May 6. 1874 Dec. 2. 1871 Dec. 2. 1859 Dec. 7. 1863 Jan. 15. 1876 Jan. 5. 1880 April 7. 1879 July 2. 1869 Sept. 1. 1872 Dec. 4. 1876 July 5. 1869 Sept. 1. 1880 April 7. 1873 Dec. 3. 1883 Aug. 1. 1859 Aug. 3. 1867 Dec. 4. 1883 Aug.30. 1871 May 3. 1869 Feb. 3. 1870 May 4. R. N.R. .| Dutt, Kedarnath, Depy. Magistrate. .| Fisher, John Hadden, ¢. s. .| Forbes, Lieut.-Col. John Greenlaw, R. £. .| Foulkes, The Rev. Thos., F.L.8., M.R.A.S., F. RB. G. S., .| Eryer, Colonel G. H., mM. s. o. .| Gay, E., mM. a., c. s., Accountant-General. vi Diler Jang, Nawab Syad Ashgar Ali, Khan Bahadur, c.s.1. Calcutta. Douglas, J. C., Supdt. of Telegraph Stores. Ali- pore. Douie, J. M., o. 8., Settlement Officer. Karnal, Panjab. .| Duthie, J. F., Superintendent, Govt. Botanical Gar- dens. Saharanpur. Calcutta. Dutt, Omesh Chunder. Calcutta. Eden, The Hon’ble Sir Ashley, k.c. 8.1, 6.1. E. Hurope. Edinburgh, H. R. H. The Duke of. Hwrope. Kdgar, John Ware, ¢. 8., 6. 8.1. Calcutta. . | Egerton, The Hon. Sir Robert Eyles, 0. s., K.¢. 8.1, Cc. 1. E. Hurope. .; Eliot, J., m. a., Meteorological Reporter to the Govt. of Bengal. Hurope. Fath Ali, Maulavi. Oalcutta. .| Fedden, Francis, Asst., Geological Survey of India. Hurope. Feistmantel, Ottokar, M.p., Paleontologist, Geologi- cal Survey of India. Hurope. Fiddian, W., Mm. A., 0. 8., Offg. Magistrate and Col- lector Birbhum. j .| Finucane, M., ¢.s., Director of Agriculture, Bengal. Europe. Hurope. Allahabad. Chaplain. Coimbatore, Madras Presy. Deputy Commis-: sioner. Thayetmo, B. Burmah. .| Gajapati, Ananda Ram, Raja of Vizianagram. V2z0- anagram. .| Gamble, J. S., m. a., Conservator of Forests, North- ern Circle. Madras. Garga, Kumar Isvariprasad, Zemindar. Mavzsddal. - Gastrell, Major-General James Hardley, (retired). Hurope. Bombay. Ghose, Manomohan. Calcutta. Ghosha, Kaliprasanna. Calcutta. Ghosha, Pratapachandra, B. A. Oalcutta. Ghoshal, Raja Satyanand. Calcutta. Date of Election. | 1880 Aug. 4.| RB. 1884 Dec. 1875 July 1861 Feb. 1882 May 1862 July 1881 Mar. 1863 Nov. 1879 Jan. 1877 Nov. 1876 Nov.15. 1861 Sept. 1861 Feb. 1880 Feb. 1867 July 1883 Jan. 1879 Mar. 1875 Mar. 1875 Aug. 1883 May 1872 Dec. 1878 Mar. 1884 Mar. 1884 Mar. 1873 Jan. 1867 Aug. 4, 6. 4, 1883 June 6. 3. 3. 5. 1877 Sep. 27. 3. A 2. 8. 1863 Jan. 15. 1878 Sep. 25. ip 3 7 5 3. 2. 2 4 8 7 KD oN EN BPN ES. hy = Z 7 Aig, Mir HAD BS’ A ig = wm Hn Zz AA bd in NR. .| Hughes, G., o. s. .| Hughes, T. H., a. R. 8. M., FG. 8., Geol. Survey of .| Harding, Francis Henry, B.A., ©. 8. .| Hooper, John, c. s., Settlement Officer. Vii Gibbs, The Hon. James, ¢. §.1., ¢. 1. E., F. RB. G. S, M. R. A. S.. Member of the Governor-General’s Council. Calcutta. Giles, George M., M.B., F.R. c.8., Surgeon Naturalist, S.S. “ Investigator.” Sandoway. Girdlestone, Charles Edward Ridgway, c. s., Resi- dent. Katmandu, Nepal. Godwin-Austen, Lieut.-Colonel H.H., F..9., F.Z.8., F.R.G. 8. Hurope. Golam Sarwar, Maulavi. Calcutta. .| Gordon, Robert, c. u., Executive Engineer, P. W. D. Hurope. Gosain, Hem Chunder. Calcutta. Gowan, Major-General J. Y. Hurope. Gowan, Major W. HW. Simla. Grant, Alexander, m.1I.¢. u., Director of State Rail- ways. Hurope. Grierson, George Abraham, ¢. 8s. Bankipur. Griffin, Sir Lepel Henry, 0. 8., K. 0. 8.1. Hurope. Growse, Frederick Salmon, M. A., ¢. S., 0. I. B., Mag- istrate and Collector. Fatehpur, N. W. P. Gupta, Beharilal, o. s. Calcutta. .| Gurdyal Singh, Sirdar, co. s., Asst. Commissioner. Hoshiarpur, Panjab. Hacket, Charles Augustus, Assistant Geol. Survey of India. Camp Abu, Rajputana. Europe. Harraden, 8. Calcutta. Hart, J., Attorney-at-Law. Calcutta. Hendley, Surgeon Major Thomas Holbein. Hurope. .| Hewitt, James Francis Katherinus, c. s., Commis- sioner. Chota Nagpur. .| Hill, Samuel Alexander, B. S¢., A. R. 9. M., F. 0. S., Prof. of Physical Science, Muir College and Meteor. Reporter to Govt., N. W. P. and Oudh. Allahabad. Hoernle, Rev. A. F. R., px. p., Principal of the Madrasah. Calcutta. .| Hoey, W. Lucknow. .| Holdsworth-Fisher, John, Professor, Hooghly Col- lege. Chinsurah. Baste, WE Houstoun, G. L., F. G. 8. Hurope. Howell, Mortimer Sloper, o. 8s. Mirzapur, N. W. P. ftupar, Amballa. India. Kutni., H. I. RB. Date of Election. 166; Jen 17, 1B7Osan:.d. 1884 May 2. 1872 Dec. 1866 Mar. 1884 May 1853 Dec. 1874 Feb. 1880 Dec. 1869 Aug. 1876 July 1879 Mar. 1881 Feb. 1862 Mar. 1867 Dec. 1878 Aug. 1873 Dee. 1884 Aug. 1875 Nov. 1869 April 7. 1882 Mar. 1. 1874 Dec. 2. 1884 Nov. 5. 1867 Dec. 4. 1881 Mar. 2. 1862 Jan. 15. 1880 Dec. 1. 1880 Jan. 7. 1677: Jana; 1882 June 7. 1884 Sept. 3. 1883 Aug.30. 1878 Oct. 4. 1884 Jan. 2. So Se St On ee ee ae Se AAA eae S25 2 oe ae Z A Az 44 42442 24 24 aaa bd .| Jones, E. J., Geol. Survey of India. | Jones, §:.5:,,.B. A. Ci 8. PH HR wD : .| Khudabaksh, Khan Bahadur, Maulavi. .| Kitts, Hustace John, ©. s. .| King, Lucas White, B. A., LL. B., 0. 8., .| King, W., Jr., B.A. F.G.8., Depy. Supdt. of Ma- . | Riseh, A. ML we ae ee, .;| Kishor, Kumara Radha Dev,Juvraj of Hill Tipperah. Vill Hughes, Major W.G., u.s.c. Hurope. Hume, Allan Octavian, ¢. B., ¢. 8. Allahabad. Hussein, Syud, 8. a., Secy. to Nizam of Hyderabad’s Council. Ibbetson, Denzil Charles Jelf, ¢. s. Lahore. Irvine, William, co. s., Magistrate and Collector. Ghazipur. Iskander Ali Mirza, Prince. Isvariprasad Singh, Maharaja, G. ¢. 8. I. Murshedabad. Benares. ~ Jackson, Surgeon Major Charles Julian J. Calcutta. Jackson, William Grierson, B. 6. 8s. Hurope. Jahan Qadr Muhammad Wahid Ali, Bahadur, Prince. Garden Reach, Calcutta. : Jarrad, Lieut. F. W., RB. N., F. R.A. S., Marine Survey Dept. Hurope. Jarrett, Lt.-Col. H.S., B. s.¢., Seey. to the Board of Examiners. Oaleutta. Jenkins, Capt. Thomas Morris, m. s. ¢., Asst. Com- missioner and J. P. for Burmah. Bassein. Johnstone, Lieut.-Colonel James William Hope, Commissioner. Hwrope. Johnstone, Lt.-Col. James, Political Agent. Hurope. Johnstone, P. DeLacy, c. s. .|Johore, H. H. the Maharaja of, x.c.s.1.. New Johore, Singapore. Chhindwara. Santhal Pergunnahs. Kabiruddin Ahmad, Maulavi. Oalcutta. Kennedy, Pringle, m. a. Calcutta. Bankipur. Azamgarh, N. W. P. King, G., M. B. F. L. 8., Supdt., Royal Botanic Garden. Szbpur. Peshawar. dras Geol. Survey of India. Kutni., H. I, BR. .| Kirton, Surgeon-Major William Henry, F. L. §., Medical Store-Keeper. Hwrope. Calcutta. Tipperah. .| Kishore Singh, Maharaja Kumar Harendra. Bettiah. Kumar Indra Chandra Singh of Paikparrah. Caleuttu. .| Kuster, EH. HE. A. Darbhanga. Lachman Singh, Raja. Bulandshahr. Lall, Rai Sohun. Calcutta. / i Date of Election. Me 1877 Sep. 27. 1881 Feb. 1882 Dec. 1881 Mar. 1879 Dec. 1880 July 1873 Feb. 1881 Dec. 7. 1866 Jan. 17. 1869 July 7. 1870 April 7. 1884 Dec. 3. 1868 Dec. 2. 1880 June 2. 1884 Mar. 5. 1879 Feb. 5. 1848 April 5. 1873 Dec. 3. wu aw ND w La Touche, James John Digges, B.A., 6.8. Go- rakhpur. .| Laughlin, Robert Campbell, Asst. Supdt., Govt. Telegraph Department. Calcutta. .| Lawrence, Walter. Abu, Rajputana. eee dh ricco, MR WG. By Ro Os Sy Ree. as L.M. R. 1880 May 5.|N.R. 1884 June 4. 1881 July 6. 1882 Aug. 1867 April 3 1878 April 3. 1864 July 1869 Sept. 1872 Nov. 1880 May 1869 July 1873 July 1877 Feb. wee ee oa .| Macdonald, James, oc. E. .| Macgregor, Major C. R., .| Man, E. H., Asst. Supdt. .| Markham, Alexander Macaulay, c. s., Barrister-at-law. Lahore. .| Leonard, G. S., Traffic Superintendent, N. B. State Railway. Sazdpur. .| Lewis, Rev. Arthur, B. 4., Vice-Principal, St. John’s Divinity School. Lahore. .| Lewis, Timothy Richards, m.8B., Special Asst. to the Sanitary Commissioner with the Government of India. Hurope. .| Logan, R., c. s. Lahore. Low, James, Surveyor, G. T. Survey. Hurope. “| Lyall, Charles James, B. A., 0. 8. Shillong. . Lyman, B. Smith. Northampton, Mass., U. S&;, America. McCabe, R. B., co. 8. Kohima, Naga Hills, Assam. .| Macauliffe, Michael, B. a., ¢. §., Judicial Assistant. Gujrat, Panjab. Rurki. Macdonnell, A. P., B. a., c. s., Offg. Secy., Govt. of Bengal. Calcutta. KF. RB. G 8, 44th N.-L Dibrugarh. Maclagan, Major-General Robert, R. z., F.R. G. 8. Hurope. MacLeod, Surgeon-Major Kenneth, m. pv. Calcutta. MacLeod, Roderick Henry, B. c. s., Asst. Magte. Kasia, Gorakhpur, N. W. P. F, B. 8. R, Macnair, Col. BE. J. Calcutta. Mahomed Firukh Shah, Prince. Oalcutta. Mahomed Yusoof, Hon. Moulvie. Calcutta. Mainwaring, Major-General George Byres, s. ¢. Serampur. Mallet, F. R., Geological Survey of India. Calcutta. Mallik, Coane? Debendra. Calcutta. Mallik, Yadulal. Calcutta. Nancowry, Nicobars. Mandalik, The Hon. he Sahib Visvanath Narayana, c. 8.1. Bombay. ¥. Be. Gi By Colicetor Banda.. .| Marshall, C. W. Gonatea, Synthia, Bengal. .| Marshall, Major Geo. Fred. Lycester, rR. &., | Secy., Govt. of India, P. W. D Asst. Hurope. Date of Election. 1860 Mar. 1877 Mar. - 1882 Dec. 1884 Nov. 1871 Sept. 1884 Sept. 1870 July 1874 May 1875 Aug. 1884 Dec. : 1856 Mar. 1881 May 1884 June 1884 Apr. ‘ 1881 Dec. 1878 May 1864 Nov. 1879 May 1883 May 7 7 6 5 6 a 6 6 4, 3 5 1876 Dec. 6. 4 A 2 a 2 2 | 2 1867 Mar. 6 1882 Jan. 4. 1880 Aug.26. 1880 Aug.26. 1880 Dee. 1. 1882 Aug. 2. 1876 May 4. 2 7 1881 Nov. 1869 July 1871 July 5. 1879 Aug.28, 1883 Dec. 1. 1883 Aug.30. 1880 Aug. 4. 1880 Jan. 7. .| Merk, W. R. H., .| Molloy, Major Edward, 5th Goorkhas. .| Monteath, J. J., M. b. .| Moyle, J. Fe Rarrister-at- law. Moulmein, Burmah. .| Muir, J. W., M.A., c.8., Barrister-at-law. Muirzapore. Mukerjea, Bhudeva, Cc. I. E. .| Nag, Sib Chunder. .| Oates, . ‘S. | Oldham, SA ee C..Wsy 8. B- 8: iB: .| Oldham, .| Oliver, Edw. Emmerson, M. 1. 0. B., Asst. ee to t Medlicott, H. B., M. a., F. RB. S., F. G. S.. Supdt., Geo- logical Survey of India. Calcutta. .| Medlycott, Rev. Adolphus Edwin, pu. p., Military Chaplain. Ferozepur, Panjab. c. 8. Lahore. Middlemiss, C.8. Chakrata, N. W. P. Miles, Lieut.-Colonel 8. B., 8. ¢., Political Agent, Muscat. Miles, William Harry. Calcutta. Miller, A. B., B. a., Barrister-at-law, Official As- signee. Caleutta. .| Minchin, F. J. V. Aska, Ganjan. : Minchin, Colonel, C. C. Hissar, Panjab. Mirza Saraiya Jah Bahadur, Prince. Mitra, Rajendralala, Rai Bahadur, LL. D., 0. 1. E. Calcutta. .| Mockler, Major E., British Consul. Basrah, Persian . Abbotabad, Hazara, Panjab. Moncreiffe, T. G. H. Calcutta. Mondy, Edmund F., Civil Engineering Coll. Sibpur. Silchar. Benares. Mukerji, Rajkrishna, M. A., B. L., Bengali translator to Govt. Calcutta. Mukerjea, The Hon. Pearimohan, mM. A. Mukerji, Girijabhushan, mM. A. Calcutta. Mullick, Benod Behari. Calcutta. Uttarpara. Bakarganj. Napier, J. R. Calcutta. .| Narain Singh, Raja Ram. Khyrah, Monyhyr. Nash, A. M., mu. 4., Professor, Presidency College. Calcutta. Nicéville, L. de. Calcutta. .| Nursing Rao, A. V. Vizagapatam. EK. W., o. £., Engineer, P. W. D., Garrison Div., Sittang Canal. Hurope. Hurope. R. D., a. R. 8s. M., Asst., Geol. Sur. of India.’ Govt. Panjab, P. W. D. Lahore. Pandia, Pandit Mohanlall Vishnulall, r. t. s., Member and Secy., Royal Council of Meywar. Oodeypnr.© Pargiter, Frederick H., B. a., c. s., Officiating Com- missioner of the Sundarbans. Calcutta. "Dats of Election. 1880 Jan. 1862 May 1871 Dec. 1860 Feb. 1873 Aug. 1864 Mar. 1881 Aug. 25. 1883 Jan. § 1877 Aug. 1868 May 1835 July 1. 1872 Dec. 1830 June 1877 Aug.30. 1881 Feb. 2. 1880 April if 1877 May 2 1877 Aug. 1. 1871 July 1881 Mar. 1880 Aug. 1884 Mar. 1860 Jan. 1878 Sept.25. 1865 Feb. 1. 1881 Aug.30. 1880 Sept.30. 1877 May 2. 1870 May 4. 1884 April 2. 1874 July 1 1878 Mar. 6. 1874 Dec. 2. 1882 June 7. 7 7 6 1 6 2 1865 Sept. 6. 5 3 1 6 rE 4 2 .| Phayre, Sir Arthur Purves, K.¢.8.1., 0. B. .| Ravenshaw, Thomas Hdw., c. s. .| Rees, J.C., Asst. Engr... P.W.D. Thonzat, British xi Cc. E., AS$0c. M.1.¢. E., Asst. Hngi-. .| Parry, J. W., neer. Nundial, vié Cuddapah, Madras. . .| Partridge, Surgeon-Major Samuel Bowen, M. D. Hurope. .| Peal, S. HE. Svbsagar, Assam. Pearse, Major-General G.G., ¢.B., B.H.A. Hurope. Pedler, Alexander, Fr. ¢.s., Professor of Chemistry, Presidency College. Calcutta. .| Pellew, Fleetwood Hugo, ¢. s. Offg. Commissioner. Hurope. .| Peppé, T. F. Arrah. Percival, Hugh Melville, u.a., Professor, Presi- dency-College. Calcutta. .| Plowden, Major Trevor ©. Simla. .| Peters, C. T., M. B., Bombay. Calcutta. Hurope. Prannath Sarasvati, Pandit, M.a., B.L. Bhowanipur. Surgeon-Major. Peterson, F. W., r. o. s., H. M.’s Mint. .| Prasad Sinh, Thakur Garuradhawaya, Raja of Beswan. Beswan Fort, Aligarh. Pratapnarayan Singha, Depy. Magte. Prideaux, Major William Francis, B.S. ¢. Bankura. Oalcutia. Rai, Bipina Chandra, B. Lu. Calcutta. Hurope. Burmah. Reid, James Robert, ¢. s., Collector. Rohileund. Reynolds, The Hon’ble Herbert John, 3B. 4., ¢. 8. Calcutta. Bareilly, .| Reynolds, Herbert William Ward, c.s. Allahabad. .| Risley, H. H., B. a., o. s., Depy. Comr. Manbhoom. .| Rivett-Carnac, John Henry, 0. 8., C.1I. B., F. 8. A., Opium Agent. Ghazipur. Robertson, Rev. J. Calcutta. .| Robinson, S. H. Hurope. Roy, Nanda Kumar: Calcutta. .|Sage, EH. M., Asst. Engineer, P. W. D. Tavoy, British Burmah. Sandford, W., Rajputana-Malwa Railway. ~ Rajputana. Schlich, Dr. W. Calcutta. Seatnnd, John Parry, c. u., Ex. Engineer. Scully, Dr. John. H. M.’s Mint, Calcutta. Sen, Adharlal, Bp. a. Calcutta. Sen, Dr. Ram Das. Berhampur. Senart, Emile, Membre de l'Institut de France. Paris, . Ajmere, Buzxar. ee Date of Election. 1882 Aug. 2. 1879 Jan. 8. 1878 May 2. 1879 May 7. 1881 Mar. 2. 1882 May 3. 1878 April 3. 1867 April 3. 1872 Aug. 9. 1864 Sept. 7. 1874 Juue 3. 1872 July 3. 1879 Oct. 2. 1882 May 3. 1878 July 3. 1876 Aug. 2. 1880 Nov. 3. 1884 Mar. 5. 1864 Aug.11. 1880 Nov. 3. 1880 June 2. 1868 June 3. 1865 Sept. 1874 Mar. 1884 May 1860 May 1878 June 1876 Feb. 1875 June 1869 Oct. 1875 Nov. 1847 June OA wm wpe poe FD bo R. | Serajul Islam, Maulavi. Calcutta. .| Sladen, Col. E. B., m. s. c. .| Smith, Vincent Arthur, c. s., .| Thomson, A., The College. Thomson, Robert George, c.s., Asst. Comr. Jhelum, .| Sewell, R., m.c.s. Madras. Sharpe, C. J. Calcutta. .| Sheridan, C. J., c.z. Hwrope. .| Shopland, H. R. , Indian Marine, Port Officer. Akyab. -| Shyamaldass, Kavirdja, Private Secy. to H. H. the Maharana of Udaipur. Udaipur. Simson, A. Calcutta. Sirkar, Dr. Mahendralala. Calcutta. .| Skrefsrud, Rev. L. O., Indian Home Mission to the Santhals. Hwrope. Akyab. y Scitlomere Officer. Basti, N.-W. P. .| Stephen, Carr, B. L., Judl. Asst. Commr. Ludianah. .| Sterndale, R. A., F. R. G. S., Asst. Commr. of Cur-— rency. Hurope. Stewart, H. E. Sir Donald M., Bart., G. c. B., G. ¢. 8. L, Commander-in-Chief. Calcutta. St. Barbe, H. L., c. s. Bassein, British Burmah. St. John, Lieut.-Col. Sir Oliver Beauchamp, B. £., K. 0. 8. 1., Officer on special duty. Kashmir. Sturt, Lieut. Robert Ramsay Napier, B. 8. ¢., Panjab Frontier Force. Kohar. Swinhoe, Lieut.-Col. C., B. s. c., Asst. Comy. Genl. — Bombay. Swinhoe, W., Attorney-at-Law. Calcutta. Swynnerton, Rev. Charles. Nawshera. Sykes, John Gastrell, uu. B., Barrister-at-Law and Advocate, High Court, N. W. P. Hurope. Tagore, The Hon’ble Maharaja Jotendra Mohun, K.0.8.1. Calcutta. .| Tawney, C. H., mu. a., Principal, Presidency College. Hurope. Taylor, Commander A. D., late Indian Navy. Hurope. -| Taylor, W. C., Settlement Officer, Khurda. Orissa. Temple, Sir R., Bart., K. ¢. 8.1, C.1 E., B. ¢. 8. Hurope. Temple, Capt., R. C.,s.c¢. Ambala. Tennant, Major-General James Francis, 8. E., F. B. 8., Cc. 1. E., Mint Master. Hwrope. Thibaut, Dr. G., Professor, Sanskrit College. Benares. Agra. Panjab. .| Thnilher, Major-Genl. Sir Henry Edward Landor, R.A. C. 8.1, FB. 3. Hurope. Date of Election. $282 June 6. 1871 April 5. 1861 June 5. 1884 Mar. 1872 July 1880 Mar. 1863 May 1865 Nov. 1865 May 1874 July 1876 Dec. 1879 Mar. 1869 Sept. 1867 Feb. 1875 Feb. 1878 Aug.2 1873 May 1880 Feb. 1870 Aug. 1878 Mar. 1866 Mar. 1870 Jan. 1873 Aug. 5. Do 9 2 Anz Az A iy = nbn Win wi! es ZA ae a Wood-Mason, James. .| Woodthorpe, Lieut.-Col. Robert Gossett, 8. £., Asst. xii Toker, Lieut.-Col. Alliston Champion, B. s. c., 18th N. I. Dinapoor. Trefftz, Oscar. Hwurope. Tremlett, James Dyer, M. B., c. s., Commissioner. Dethi. Trevor, the Hon’ble Col. S. T., x. u., Chief Engr. and Secy. to Govt. of Bengal, P.W. D. Calcutta. Trevor, Colonel William Spottiswoode, R. 5. with the Supreme Govt. Calcutta. Tufnell, Lieut. R. H. C., 30th M.N. I. Madras. Tyler, J. W., M. D., F. RB. C. 8., Supdt., Central Prison. Agra. Waldie, David, r.c. s. Calcutta. Waterhouse, Major James, B. s. c., Dy. Supdt., Sur- vey of India. Calcutta. Watt, Dr. George. Calcutta. Webb, W. T., mu. a., Professor, Presidency College. Calcutta. Weekes, A., 0. 8., Magistrate and Collector. neah, Westland, James, c. s., Comptroller-General. -Cal- cutta. Westmacott, Edward Vesey, B. A., 0. 8. Calcutta. Whiteway, Richard Stephen, c. s., Settlement Offi- cer. Ajmere and Merwara. Whitiall, R., Forest Dept. Hurope. Williams, George Robert Carlisle, B. 4., c. 8., Depy. Commissioner. Jhansi. | Wilson, The Hon. Arthur. Huwrope. Wilson, Robert Henry, 8B. A.,c. 8. Calcutta. | Wilson, J., c. 8. Gurgaon, Punjab. | Wise, Dr. J.E.N. Rostellan, County Cork, Ireland. Calcutta. Pur- Supdt., Survey of India. Upper Assam. Camp wid Dibrugarh, xX1V SPECIAL HONORARY CENTENARY MEMBERS. Date of Election. 1884 Jan. 15. 1884 Jan. 15. 1884 Jan. 15. 1884 Jan. 15. 1884 Jan. 15. 1884 Jan. 15. 1847 Nov.: 3. 1848 Feb. 2. 1853 April 6. 1858 July 1860 Mar. 1860 Nov. 1860 Nov. 1860 Novy. 1868 Feb. 1868 Feb. 1868 Sept. 1872 May 1872 June 5. 1875 Nov. 3. 1375: Nov..3. 1876 April 5. 1876 April 5. 1879 June 4. 1879 June 4. 1879 June 4. 1870 June 4. 1879 June 4. 1879 June 4. 1881 Dec. 7. 1881 Dec. 7. 1881 Dec. 7. 1881 Dec. 7. 1883 Feb. 7. 1883 Feb. 7.| Alfred Russell Wallace, F. L.8., F. B. G, 8. ea ee ieee James Prescott Joule, Esq., Lu. D., F. RB. 8S. Manchester. Dr. Ernst Haeckel, Professor in the University of Jena. Charles Meldrum, Esq., M.A. F.R.S. Mauritius. A. H. Sayce, Esq., Professor of Comp. Philology, Oxford. M. Emile Senart, Member of the Institute of France, Paris. Monier Williams, Hsq., Boden Prof. of Sanskrit, Oxford. HONORARY MEMBERS. His Highness the Nawab Nazim of Bengal. Hurope. Sir J. D. Hooker, K.¢. 8. 1., C. 85 M. D., D. C. 1... ee F.G. 8. Kew. Major-General H. C. Rawlinson, kK. ¢. B., D. C. L., F. R. 8. London. B. H. Hodgson. LHurope. Professor Max Miller. Ozford. Edward Thomas, Fr. R. s. London. Dr. Aloys Sprenger. Heidelberg. Dr. Albrecht Weber. Berlin. General A. Cunningham, ¢. Ss. I. Professor Bapu Deva Sastri. A. Grote. London. Sir G. B. Airy, K. Cc. B., M. A., D. C. L., LL. D., F. RB. 8. London, Prof. T. H. Huxley, uu. p., PH. D., FB. S., F. G. 6, Pee F.L. 8. London. Dr. O. Béhtlngk. Jena. Prof. dO: Westwood. Oxford, Col. H. Yule, zr. z., c. B. London. Dr. Werner Siemens. JBerlin. Prof. H. B. Cowell, p. c. tL. Cambridge. Dr. A. Ginther, v. Pp. k. s. London. Dr. J. Janssen. Paris. Prof. H. Milne-Edwards. Prof. P. Regnaud. Lyons. EK. Renan. Paris. Professor Hermann L. F. Helmholtz. Dr. Rudolph v. Roth. Ttibingen. Sir William Thomson, Knt., LL. D., F. RB. S., Glasgow. Professor William Wright, LL. D. W. To Blanford, a: B.S. 9M. London. India. - Benares. Paris. Berlin. F. R. S. E. Cambridge. F. 8. S., FG. S., F. Be Gee Godalming. 1883 Feb. 7.| Prof. Wiliam Dwight Whitney. Newhaven, Connecticut, U. 8. XV - CORRESPONDING MEMBERS. Date of Election. 1863 July 1866 May 1868 _,, Barnes, R. H., Esq. Ceylon. Schlagintweit, Prof. E. von. Berlin. Holmboe, Prof. Christiana. 1844 Oct. 2.| Macgowan, Dr. J. Hurope. 1856 July 2.| Kramer, A. von. Alexandria. 1856 ,, 2.| Porter, Rev. J. Damascus. 1856 ,, 2.| Smith, Dr. H. Beyrout. 1856 ,, 2.| Tailor, J., Hsq. Bussorah. 1857 Mar. 4.| Nietner, J.. Esq. Ceylon. 1858 ,, 3.|Schlagintweit, R. von. Giessen. 1859 Nov. 2.| Frederick, Dr. H. Batavia. 1860 Feb. 1.| Baker, The Rev. H. FH. Malabar. 1861 July 3.| Gésche, Dr. R. 1862 Mar. 3.| Murray, A., Esq. London. 4, 7 5) ASSOCIATE MEMBERS. 1865 May 3.| Dall, Rev. C.H. Calcutta. 1874 Feb. 4.| Schaumburgh, J., Esq. Calcutta. 1874 April 1. | Lafont, Rev. Fr. H.,s.J.,¢.1.£. Calcutta. 1884 Aug. 6.| F. Moore, F. R. 8., F. L. 8. London. 1875 Dec. 1.! Bate, Rev. J. D. Allahabad. 1875 ,, 1.| Maulavi Abdul Hai, Madrasah. Calcutia. 1882 June 7./ Giles, Herbert, Esq. Hwrope. 1883 Feb. 7.| Rodgers, C. J. Amritsar. LIST OF MEMBERS WHO HAVE BEEN ABSENT FROM INDIA THREE YEARS AND UPWARDS.* * Rule 40.—After the lapse of 3 years from the date of a Member leaving India, if no intimation of his wishes shall in the interval have been received by the Society, his name shall be removed frem the List of Members. The following Members will be removed from the next Member List of the Society under the operation of the above Rule : G. W. Allen, Esq., c. I. BE. J. Low, Hsq. T. EH. Ravenshaw, ¢. s. xvi LOSS OF MEMBERS DURING 1884. By RETIREMENT.” H. O. Levinge, Esq., ¢. s. C. Robertson, Esq., c. 8. Dr. W. K. Waller. Col. J. Sconce. T. Blissett, Esq. R. Maconachie, Esq. Major J. Van Someren. Lieut.-General J. T. Walker. Hon’ble J. O’Kinealy. A. J. L. Cappel, Esq. W. G. Olpherts, Esq. J.C. Parker, Esq. Hon’ble H. T. Prinsep. Syud Amir Hussein, Khan Bahadur. Babu Ramkrishna. R. R. Pope, Esq. Monsieur H. Van Ketvelde. By Dezaru. Ordinary Members. Sir E. C. Bayley. Dr. H. W. McCann, (late General Secretary). J. B. Chalmers, Esq. R. Pawsey, Esq. By ReEmovat. Under Rule 40. R. M. Adam, Esq. Major J. Herschell. Sir L. §. Jackson. F. Jones, Esq. Sir J. Strachey. [APPENDIX. ] ABSTRACT STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS OF THE fASsiaTic POCIETY OF PENGAL FOR THE YEAR 1884. XVill STATEMENT | * Asiatic Society To EsTABLISHMENT. Salaries ie see aie wis Re. - 417% 13. 9 Commission as he ree es oe 333 3 10 Pension a = a eos tes 6 O36 4,523 1 7 To FURNITURE. Oy aera 3 An office timepiece ‘ss see ets #4 OL So G7 8 0 To CONTINGENCIES. Centenary Dinner see vee tee os 909 6 0 Stationery see tee “ee nee pee 206 9 9 Lighting eae bey wae ae ve 93 8 O Building «as ase ops ve a 902 8 O Taxes at ae a ee a 720 0 0 Postage eee ase oes ae ee 599 11 O Freight ane no ues oe we 18: O29 Meetings tes ote 52 Be Sis 93 8 O Miscellaneous .. ve ae 3% ae 225 11 9 3,768 14 6 To LIBRARY AND COLLECTIONS. Books Re ie ea es iunee SS eae far Local Periodicals ake a tet a3 96° Ling Binding ‘re oe a as sits 409 12 0 Coins aes ane se ee, 3 139 12 6 Catalogue wee see cs vd we AS Oe 3,026 0 4 To PUBLICATIONS. al eae Centenary Review ie ees SE a 941 8 Y Journal, Part I aa es a 2 2,312 14 O Journal, Part IL ane ey af as 1,514 9 § Proceedings are oa a re, 5806" 08 6,075 0 9 To Printing charges of circulars, receipts, forms, &c. 145 12 0 18,106 5 2 To Prrsonat Accounts (Writes off and Miscellaneous) ‘vice 527 6 O.- To Balance ,,, iy ree 1,42,957 9 5 Total Ra, ... 161,591 4 7 NO.. f. of Bengal. By Balance from last Report By Casu RECEIPTs. Publications sold for Cash Interest on Investments .., Advances recovered Miscellaneous .. 5 By PERSONAL AccouUNT. Admission fees .., Subscriptions Sales on credit,.., Miscellaneous, .,, os ¥, W. PETERSON, Honorary Secretary and Treasurer, Asiatic Society of Bengal, xix Total Income save Ba. 1,438,083 15 0 4.43 7,891 aN OO; oan bo Clr owa 816 0 0 9,126 0 0 448 0 0 225 11 10 10,615 11 10 Feats 18,507 5 7 Total Rg. ... 1,61,591 4 7 nye. ATEINSON, } Auditors XK Oriental Publication Fund in Account Dr. To CasH EXPENDITURE. Printing charges... me sie Hditing charges ae el wee Salaries .. ara ala ve Advertizing ~ vi vies Binding ... oe rh - Freight... 11,540) 37a To Sanskrit Manuscripts Fund ... ae oe or 10> Oy 00 spe To Personal Account ... ay re “ ts .. 125/55 ee To Trust Funds ee ss zi cot wae _ 40 0 0 Total Rs. ... 41,302 “ae STATEMENT Balance Dr. To Cash ay ee sa ae x pe Rs. 8,076 0 6 To Sanskrit Manuscripts Fund ... ear ee ah FS 180 10 6 To Personal Account .., a oF i we . 3,600 cia To Investments sue “ae es: ne ti ... 1,58,279 129 Total Rs. ... 1,656,372 658 _ EXPENDITURE. By Asiatic Society By Oriental Publication Fund By Sanskrit Manuscripts Fund By Personal Account... By Trust Funds F. W. PETERSON, Honorary Secretary and Treasurer, Asiatic Society of Bengal. Wo. 8. Sheet. By Asiatic Society By Oriental Publication Fand ... By Trust Fand sal F. W. PETERSON, Honarary Secretary and Treasurer, Asiatic Society of Bengal. By Balance xxix Cr. Cr. Rs. 18,936 10 11 10,891 14 9 3,744 18 6 4,604 12 6 48 0 0 3,076 O 6 Total Rs. ... 41,802 4 2 ‘ EK. F. T. ATKINnson, } Aediicrs: J. C. Doveras, Rs. 1,42,957 9 5 21,408 18 8 1,006 1 4 ee 1,65,372 8 5 Total Rs. ... eS] T. ATKINSON, Ai Auditors. J. C. Dovetas, i i ‘ oo ™, « Vie ' ‘ rel , i} KT £ t we; ? Ari xs , ¢€ ‘ - ., xe *> soe . > are - ere ‘ 3 Pe An fs ; ome . Ae oa a wares a> Las Ph “ Meer “* 7 2 eM OCAWERE Vie ae. 6 Beat yok Kar +4 5 a ‘ cenee® Dany eta hines by Cts Sg ha, © . a a * : iy 4 : OTR Lh yea oF ee fe A ‘ ’ r " , e > vs ; > «. ‘ Gh . : oY » - ; _ -, J re Pz . - a . af F J ; Ras ke: ae ’ gh ft - est . . a0* . ‘ a | 4 J 4 eg “ ¥ EY " 1 ~ ; . . w ; ot - J . fh »? 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L. eS AS LIST OF BOOKS OTs Et a - AT THE LIBRARY OF THE” a Asiatic pocmar OF ‘PeNcaL, a8 No. 57, PARK STREET, CALCUTTA, a AND OBTAINABLE FROM i Batre 57 anp 59, LupGaTE Hit, Loxpox, B. Ge LANA BIBLIOTHECA INDICA. Sanskrit Series. Atharvana Upanishads, (Sanskrit) Fase. I—V @ /10/ each Névaléyana Grihya Sttra, (Sans.) Fasc. I—IV @ /10/ each © Agni Purana, (Sans.) Fasc. I—XIV @ /10/ each oy Aitareya Aranyaka of the Rig Veda, (Sans.) Fasc. I—V @ Ag) as Aphorisms of Sandilya, (English) Fasc. I Aphorisms of the Vedanta, (Sans.) Fasc. THI—X11 @ /10/« cae Brahma Sitras, (English) Fase. I... as Bhémati, (Sans.) Fase. I—VIII @/10/ each... : Brihat Aranyaka Upanished, (Sans.) Fasc. IV, VI, VIT&IX @ po) 0 Ditto (English) Fasc. II—III @ / 10/ each Sy wv Brihat Samhitdé, (Sans.) Fase. I—ITI, V—VII @/10/each... - Chaitanya-Chandrodaya Nataka, (Sans. ) Fase. II—ITI @ /10/ peaks Chaturvarga Chintémani, (Sans.) Vols. I, Fasc. 1; dl, Rigre.S rT 1—7, @ /10/ each Fasc. a AS 2 Chhéndogya Upanishad, (Wnglish) F Fase. II... ei is % Daga Ripa, (Sans.) Fasc. I—III @ /10/each _... ers Gopatha Brahmana, (Sans. & Eng.) Fasc. I and II @ ee aor Gopala Tapani, (Sans.) Fasc. I * | Gobhilfya Grihya Sdtra, (Sans.) Fasc. I—XII @ /10/ cach... Hindu Astronomy, (English) Fase. I—ILIT @/19/ each (Continued on third page of cover.) ~ Pali Grammar, (English) Fasc. T and IL @/ 10/ each . Prakrita Lakshanam, (Sans.) Fasc. I 8 ves ‘Sama Veda Sawhits, (Sans.) Vols. I, Fasc. 1—10; II, 1—6; III, 1-7; oi Sihitya Darpana (English) Fasc. I—IV @ / 10/ each ' Safitkhya Aphorisms of Kapila, (English) Fasc. I and II @ / 10/ each . Sarva Darsana Sangraha, (Sans.) Fase. II Safkhya Sara, (Sans.) Fase. I _ Paittiriya Aranya, (Fasc. I—XT @ /10/ each Ditto Sao hité, (Sans.) Fasc. I—XXXII @/10/ each ... -Tatta Chintamony, Fasc. I Sans. ... - ‘Uttara Naishadha, (Sans.) Fasc. II—XII @ /10/ each i Vayu Purana, (Sans.) 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J: Rovepes (Abstract)? isvs<; see. casual arene ses ees Sey. 2. Zoological Notes from H. M.’s Indian Marine Survey Stea ‘Investigator,’ Commander ALFRED ‘Carpenter, R. N., Com- manding No. 1,—On the structure and habits of Cyrtophium Calamicola a new tubicolous Amphipod from the Bay of Bengal.—By G. M. Gites, M. B., Surgeon-Naturalist, (Ab- pbract) 7icic seus uh aed cts svanecaevass dno she das neney ceauy) © & Oh oo wets eee K4tantra, (Sans.) Fasc. I—VI @ 1/ each api - Katha Sarit Sagara, (English Fasc. I—XIII @ V/ each... Lalita Vistara, (Sans.) Fasc. I—VI @ /10/ each vei Ditto (English) Fasc. I—II @ 1/ each Maitri Upanishad, (Sans. & English) Fasc. I—III (in one volume) Mimémsa Darsana, (Sans.) Fasc. II—XVII @/10/ each ... Cored Markandeya Paréna, (Sans.) Fasc. IV—VII @ /10/ each ... a Nrisimha Tapani, (Sans.) Fasc. I—III @ /10/ each Nirukta, (Sans.) Vol. I, Fase. 1—6; Vol. II, Fase. 1&6, @/ 10/ each Fasc. Narada Pancharatra, (Sans. ») Fasc. IV @ /10/ each Nydya Darsana, (Sans.) 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